Language has changed a lot since the Fall. While English is still the most spoken language it has had two centuries to develop and drift. Today, it is known only as Merikan and a few extra words have been added to fully describe the situations that arise in the post fall world.
- 10-Ply: Soft, both physically or emotionally. Unable to handle hardship in the Wastes. Very derogatory.
- Abuela: A really good cook whose food is delicious, but it terrifying when angered.
- Assed Chaps: Pants.
- Bandit: A person who survives by stealing from and sometimes killing others. Universally hated but far too common a behavior.
- Blep: A typical greeting among Wulfen involving sticking you tongue out.
- Boof: Nonsensical trip into the Wastes.
- Burnt: Dehydrated to the extreme.
- Caballero: Someone whose honor is beyond question. They can be trust to carry through a deal and their word is trustworthy.
- Cujo: A, hopefully, fictitious creature said to eat people and look sort’ve human.
- Chingasos: Derogatory term for Bandits.
- Feelgood: Someone, typically male but there are women, whose doses on drugs in order to deal with Spirits in a more aggressive, direct manner.
- Gay: General term for “Good”.
- Ghoul: Somewhat derogatory term for Vaukderir, though, the least derogatory so it’s one of the more commonly used.
- Glyph Stack: A book mostly, also any collection of printed words.
- Grinder: Insulting slang used by Bandits directed at non-Bandits. Typically used to describe the act of everyday life or “Grinding”.
- Gringo: Someone who has broken a deal or deals in a callous or careless manner. Considered untrustworthy.
- Grub: Decent food.
- Guzzler: Someone who specifically eats and drinks too much.
- Lick: A small amount of something. A sample size used to convince someone of quality before bartering.
- Mesmer: Someone who deals with Spirits in a more friendly, placating manner. An old term originating from when the first astrally sensitive people would be caught staring at spirits invisible to everyone else.
- -Monger: A seller of something, for instance, Nom-monger is a seller of great food.
- Noms: Really good food.
- Primo, Preem: Particularly good salvage or equipment.
- Pup: Young or particularly subservient Wulfen.
- Radiator Meat: Someone killed by large, self propelled vehicle. Road kill.
- Raider: Someone who has succumbed to Raider Madness and become a near feral killing machine. Sometimes form into groups.
- Raider Madness: A mental affliction that causes someone to become a violent psychopath, commonly called a Raider.
- Rotter: Derogatory term for Vaukderir.
- Scav: Scavenger. Especially an old one.
- Sink: Derogatory term for someone who is a drain on resources, who takes without giving back.
- Thanks Obama: General term of displeasure in the face of random and uncontrollable situations.
- Turbostraight: Highly derogatory term. Used to describe someone incompetent, weak or ineffective who tries to hide it with a loud, braggadocious and macho attitude. Someone who is “All talk, no walk”
- Trojan: A potential sleeper agent of Bandits or worse, a grievous but all too common crime against Settlers.
- Vine: Approximate unit of time. About 5-7 seconds. “Should take me a Vine to finish.”
- Wastes: (proper pronoun) The wastelands that make up most of the known world. The area between settlements and other well traveled areas. Sometimes more personal items