* Ask fate - To court a disaster by naming it beforehand, especially
in jest.
* Blade - Knife
* Bladesman - A member of the Brotherhood assigned as a guard or
enforcer
* Blood edict - A decree, order or command made with the understanding
that the penalty for defying it will be death.
* Body decker - A person prone to wearing a lot of jewelry
* Brother - Any male Outsider
* Brotherhood - The Outsider military squadron
* Button man - A person in position of command or authority
* Call (a person) friend and brother/sister - An oath by which the
person named is granted the loyalty and protection usually reserved to actual blood relations.
* Cast a shadow - Threaten
* Catch - Arrest
* Charm snagger - A swindler who employs appealing personal attributes
to dupe his/her victims
* Clan - An organizational unit within the Brotherhood
* Cleave - Loyal; faithful
* Conpol - Continental Police: The Outsider's military force
(Military)
* Cross lines - To infringe on another's privacy or pry into
matters that are considered personal or secret
* Divvies - A shared advantage or profit
* Dodder - A person of limited intelligence
* Doddle - Nonsense; foolishness
* Door - A means of escape
* Deuce - Twenty
* Double deuce - Two hundred
* Dovey - Easy; pleasant
* Downside - Below, under or beneath
* Ear man - A spy
* Echo delta - Crazy; insane
* Eye over - A close scrutiny
* Face off - A confrontation
* Fortune - To wish another's good fortune. Serves as a greeting
or farewell.
* Fringer - An Outsider who has left, regardless of the reason or
circumstance.
* Gaff - To cheat or swindle
* Gim - A fradulant or illegal act for the purpose of personal gain
* Glim - Inkling; hint
* Hackle - To bother; disturb. Also used as "to be hackled".
* Headprice - Bounty
* Insiders - Enemies of the Outsiders. The other island on the planet
Triskyr.
* Itchy nose - Having suspicion aroused or to be anxious about someone
or something.
* Keep (one's) blade sheathed - To show restraint; offer no threat
* Kinly - A feeling of closeness to another; a friendly attitude
* Lastfall - Defeat and/or death
* Lay - Wager
* Lift Cruiser - A starship
* Lifter - Any flight vehicle (shuttlecraft or similiar vessel)
* Line in - To provide information; to make someone privy to a situation.
* Nightspin - Nightmare
* Nob - To fraternize with; be friendly; converse or socialize
* Noddy - An informer
* Nuch - A term of insult
* Old Ser - Father
* On the short end - At a disadvantage; deprived
* Passkey - The price extracted for providing a door
* Pin - To kill, usually purposely; murder
* Pole(r) - A Conpol officer or agent (soldier)
* Price in blood - Retribution by death
* Pull looks - To attract attention
* Pull down - To defeat and/or kill
* Quiv - A coward
* Red panic - A state of extreme anxiety; major alarm call (Red Alert)
* Run the gant - To accept a challange; attempt a difficult course of action.
* Run short - To be deterred or frustrated in one's desires or goals.
* Scan - Understand. Also used as "Scan straight" (understand clearly)
* Screened area - A private or secret part of a person's life
* Seal - To incarcerate (Brig)
* Shad - An officer or agent of the SSB (cop)
* Shivvy - Dangerous; frightening
* Show tooth - To object (take exception) to something in a violent manner
* Skimp - Lacking; in short supply
* Smell out - To discover; find
* Soddy - Dull; old fashioned
* Soul link(ed) - Marriage or equivalent bond
* Spin - A story or tale, usually exaggerated.
* Spook - To escape; run away
* SSB - Special Security Bureau - Outsider's internal law enforcement (Police)
* Stat - Status; situation
* Stimutheater - Insider entertainment; drug enhanced (holodeck)
* Sweet - An attractive female, especially one with a sense of innocence.
* Ten carat brass - A term of insult; a sham, false or faked
* Tice - Attractive; enticing
* Took - A person who is easily deceived
* Turn a'cord - To make a difference; change or affect the outcome.
* Unmothered - A term of insult
* Uppercaste - Elite
* Upside - Above, over or upper
* Weave - Clothing
