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Shadowrun & Cyberpunk glossary
Compiled by Jes Wulfsberg Nielsen
Web: http://www.ruc.dk/~jwn
E-mail: jwn@dat.ruc.dk
2020 Hindsight The wise act of watching your
back.
A-Boys A type of boostergang whose motif is a
specific animal.
Ace 1) An expert in the field. 2) Friend, buddy,
pal.
Aces The very best.
Ace of Spades Solo term for death in combat. To
"draw the ace" is to die in battle. "Drawing the
ace" is a short -hand expression with the same
meaning.
Aesthetics Simple cosmetic surgery.
AI Artificial Intelligence. A computer or
network-based entity, originally designed to
solve complex problems, that has achieved
self-awareness. Usually under the control of a
megacorp (q.v.), but not always (see Rogue).
Airfilm Shorthand term for an narrow air-cushion
train.
Alien Derogatory grounder term for someone
who lives in space (a highrider).
AMF "Adios, ". Good -bye. Typically derogatory.
Angel A benefactor, especially an unknown one.
AniMan, AniMen Derogatory term for a body
sculpted individual who resembles an animal
form.
APC An abbreviation for an Armored Personnel
Carrier, eg. an Ares Citymaster, or LAV-93
"Devil Rat."
Apter Pronunciation of the acronym APTR
(Augmented Program Trained Reflex). (Syn.
skillsoft or reflex chip.) This type of chip
provides new reflex-based skills for the user.
Arc, Arco An arcology. A self-contained living
environment, usually pyramidal or domed. May
belong to a corporation, government agency, or
non-profit organization. From arcology, eg. the
Renraku Pyramid in Seattle.
Artist An extremely professional hi-man, who
usually has a signature.
ASIST "Artificial Sensory Induction System
Technology." The industry name for simsense.
AV Pronounced "Aie-Vee", shorthand term for a
variety of hover-vans.
Avatar Decker slang for a personal Matrix icon.
Also called, a persona.
Avatar Construction Set The trade-name for
Microdeck's popular, off-the-shelf, custom icon
design kit.
Azzie A derogitory term for Aztechnology in
general or any of its employees/holdings/assets
in particular.
BA Pronounced "Bee-Aye", shorthand for either
Bad-Ass or Black Agent (q.v.).
Badge Police or corporate security.
Bagged and Tagged To die.
Bagman Street slang for a criminal courier.
Bakebrain General purpose derogatory term
indicating someone with limited or damage
mental faculties (frequently due to excessive
use of neural cyberware.) (Syn. asshole, idiot,
jerk, moron.)
Ballerina A reflex boosted female assassin in the
employ of a major corp (q.v.).
'Base Database.
Banger Any one of the four, standard, offensive
positions on an urban brawl team.
B.B. Either "Big Brother" or "Boys in Black". See
Boys in Black.
B-D Breakdown.
Beetle A BTL simsense chip or recording. From
the acronym, "Better Than Life."
Bennie An out-of-towner (see Gaijin).
Berserkide Any combat drug, particularly Black
Lace. (Syn. freakers.)
Biff The modern equivalent of the archaic term,
"bimbo."
Bioroid A full-body conversion cyborg.
Biosoft 1) Cybernetic software chips that
incorporate biological components in their
construction. Thought to be superior in
performance to purely artificial chips. 2) Generic
term for any cyber-data chip which plugs into a
neural processor to provide new skills or
knowledge (also known as microsofts and
skillsofts).
Biosystem Overstress The often fatal, heart
attack-like condition, caused by excessive
bioware implantation.
Bioware
Any
biological
enhancement
or
replacement. See wetware.
Bithead Slang for a decker or "nerdy" computer
enthusiast (cf. wirehead 1.).
Bit Jockey Programmer.
Bitmap A piece of software spelled out in binary.
Bitty Box A primitive, underpowered, or generally
useless computer or other electronic device.
Biz Street slang for crime. From, "business."
Black, Big Black (HR) Space. The final frontier.
Where no man... well, you get the idea.
Black Agent (Corp) An illegal operative.
Black Ops Any unofficial, corporate
shadow-operations, either in-house or hired-out.
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Black Ice Illegal countermeasure software which
causes physical harm or death to an intruder
(see Ice).
Black Clinic A medical facility which specializes
in the implant of illegal or unregistered
cyberware.
Blade 1) A professional soldier or fighter,
specializing in edged weapons. 2) A surgeon or
doctor.
Blank An individual without a SIN (q.v.).
Blaster The single, LMG -carrying, offensive
position on an urban brawl team.
Bleed To attack, injure, or kill.
Blood Money Income from the illegal sale of
organs to a body bank.
Blowing Code A decker term for inputing or
uploading information.
Blue Moon An honest Night City police officer.
Body Bank A storage facility for transplant
organs. Many are illegal and actively "recruit"
new merchandise.
Body Sculpt The process of having the body
totally re-molded by vat-grown tissue &
advanced plastic surgery.
Booster 1) Any gang member who displays a
strong affinity for cyberware. 2) Gang member
that uses cyberware, leathers, and violence as
a way of life.
Boostergang A gang that uses cyberware,
leathers, and violence as a way of life.
Bopper A robot.
'Borg See Bioroid.
'Borg'ed Excessive use of cybernetic body
modifications.
Bount Bounty hunter.
Bourgie, Bourgy Common or low -class (from
bourgeoisie).
Boys in Black Arasaka security personnel.
Bosozuki (jap) a "street samurai."
Bount A bounty hunter.
Brain Potato A Braindance addict.
Brain Tap A datajack or a chipjack.
Brandy A highly popular, off-the-shelf, female
avatar, with customizable body attributes &
facial expressions.
Breeder Orc slang for a "normal" human.
Bridge & Tunnel Crowd Commuters.
Brother See B.B.
Brush-up A shadowrun to collect background
information.
BTL chip A "Better Than Life" chip (also called
"DreamChips"). An illegal cyber -data chip which
provides the user a combination of artificial
reality coupled with direct stimulation of different
centers of the brain. Though typically designed
to provide a pre-programmed fantasy, the
artificial reality need not be coherent, i.e. it can
provide a totally hallucinatory environment.
Chips are typically designed to burn out after
one use, both to prevent the users brain from
overloading from the sustained stimulation, and
to
force the user to purchase additional chips. BTL
chips are psychologically addictive and repeated,
frequent use causes permanent brain damage.
Bronze slang (usually derogative) term for law
enforcement officials.
Breetva
(Rus.)
Razor.
Anyone
with
combat-oriented cyberware.
Bruce Pronunciation of the hacker acronym BRS
(Big Red Switch). 1) To deactivate a machine.
2) To kill someone or render them senseless.
Buck Rogers Derogatory phrase for an individual
(usually a Solo) obsessed with high-tech
weaponry (e.g. lasers, microwaves.)
Buff To attack viciously with intent to maim or kill.
Bug-Out To flee from a situation or area.
Bullet-Stopper See Guardian Angel.
Bushi (Jap) Honor or Code of Honor. A key
concept for most edgerunners (q.v.), as they
frequently have little else to call their own at
times.
Business, "Biz" In slang context, crime.
Buttonhead See Wirehead.
Buzz Buzz off. Go away. Leave.
BWANT A Seattle term meaning, to attack all out
for no apparent reason. See slammit-on 2.
Bwant Decker slang for a very untrustworthy
employer, likely to be selling a death wish.
C-SWAT ("see-swat") Cybernetic Special
Weapons And Tactics, the police elite who
tackle cybered perps. See shadowriders.
Card 1) SIN Card (q.v.). 2) To demand that a
person show their personal identification.
Carpet A electronic warfare jamming device.
Castrato See Muzak-Man.
Cat A cat burglar.
Catalog A Class-A information dossier.
Catfood The unit number of trained soldiers
needed to reduce a runner team to catfood, eg.
one catfood worth.
Causing static Starting trouble.
Cement poisoning What a person dies of after
being pushed off of a multi-story building and
hitting the sidewalk. Also known as deceleration
trauma.
Chalk outline See Sidewalk outline.
Check out To die.
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Chill Street slang for freon, a commodity now,
available only to the rich who still have
air-conditioners.
Chilled A hip term meaning, to be cool, together.
Chinese Take-out Anything extremely jumbled or
messy. (e.g. "That riotgun made his chest look
like Chinese take-out.").
Chip-truth The absolute truth.
Chiphead A person addicted to simsense chips.
Chipped 1) Anyone/thing enhanced by
cyberware (e.g. senses, skills, reflexes, and so
on.) 2) To interface through cyberware.
Choombata, Choomba (Bantu) Friend. Buddy.
Neo-African slang for a friend/family member.
Roughly equivalent to chummer.
Choo Slang for CHOOH-2, a synthetic
meta-alcohol fuel.
Choob Jerk, nerd, weirdo.
Chop A credcard or credchip.
Chop shop A black clinic (q.v.).
Chopping The process of cracking a stolen
credcard or credchip.
Chow Chit See Kibble Card.
Chromatic 1) Heavy Metal music. 2) Of or
relating to Heavy Metal music 3) Anything wild,
fantastic, or bodacious.
Chrome 1) Flash, glitter, bells and whistles,
tinsel. Material used to spice up the appearance
of something. 2) Sexy features on a program,
not needed for functionality but radiating style
(e.g. a guillotine instead of a trash can icon). 3)
Generic reference to cyberware.
Chrome-Bangers Derogatory term for the
C-SWAT team or "psychosquad". (Syn. "Circuit
Breakers".)
Chromed The state of being equipped with
obvious offensive augmentations.
Chromer 1) Metalheads, heavy metal fans. 2) A
member of a gang dedicated to hard
(chromatic) rock music (usually a specific band)
and mindless iolence. The original "party
animals".
Chuck Caucasian person. Usually derogatory.
Chummliechen The German form of chummer.
Chummer "Pal" or "Buddy". May be used
sarcastically.
Chunking Eating on the run, eating as a
secondary activity.
Cinema A movie or simsense, usually in tri-d.
CIRS Cybernetic Implant Rejection Syndrome: a
psychotic aberration suffered by excessive
users of cyberware.
City Speak A hybrid street language,
incorporating a mishmash of Japanese,
Spanish, German, Cantonese, etc.
Clavie 1) An y person who lives in an enclave. 2)
A playful or familiar cut-down or "slam," used
among friends.
Cleaner An assassin (or team) used to eliminate
all traces of a mission, including the
participants.
Clint The male counterpart to a Brandy, but
handsome & cragy, with chisled features &
limited facial expressions.
Collar (Derogatory) A white-collar worker, usually
a low-level employee of a megacorp.
Combat Drugs Designer drugs for military use.
Combat Zones Areas of urban decay in major
cities, characterized by high crime rates,
unmaintained streets and buildings, poor police
coverage, high concentrations of homeless
people, and frequent outbreaks of (often
gang-related) violence.
COM-INT An abbreviation for COMmunications
INTelligence, ie. bugs & wire-taps, and their
users.
Comm Telephone.
Config (HR) To arrange something.
Construct ("CON-struct") A mobile, complex
program, often combining multiple pieces of
(diffrent types of) IC.
Corp 1) Corporation. 2) Of or relating to a
corporation, its assets, personnel, or anything
corporate.
Corpse 1) A corporate executive, a CORPorate
Sleaziness Expert. 2) A corporate assassin,
CORPorate Security Expert.
Cortex bomb A small, implanted explosive
device (usually in the skull) that detonates in
response to a timer or remote signal. Usually
implanted against the wearer's will to keep them
in line. Most cortex bombs will detonate
automatically if tampered with.
Cowboy A very hot, professional deckjockey.
Coyote (Mex.) Some who smuggles (usually
illegal immigrants) across the U.S./Mexico
border.
Crease To kill. - Creased: Killed.
Cred Money, typically electronic funds.
Credcard A personal electronic debit card
commonly carried in place of actual currency.
Credchip See credcard.
Credstick A small, tapered, plastic cylinder, that
serves as both ID & credit card, and
occasionally, a room key.
CSC A "Computer Sabotage Consultant". A
tactful form of address for a netrunner. See
Deckjockey.
Cube A decker who operates within the confines
of the law, ie. the 3-dimensional evolution of the
term, "square."
Culture Vulture A member of the media.
Curse, the CIRS.
Cut-Out Chip A quasi-legal piece of neural
cyberware, that selectively turns off specified
stimuli from/to the brain.
C-YA Pronounced as "see ya", acronym for
"Cover Your Ass".
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Cyberaxe Any musical instrument (although
typically a guitar) that is equipped with a
cybernetic interface.
Cyberdeck Hardware used to access cyberspace
through a DNI link.
Cyberpsychosis A psychotic aberration suffered
by excessive users of cyberware (see CIRS).
Cyberpsycho Squad Any specialized law
enforcement unit, eg. C-SWAT, who tracks
down cybernetic psychotics.
Cyberspace 1) The conceptual space within a
computer. 2) The conceptual medium within
which computer communication takes place,
e.g. Electronic Bulletin Boards, online services,
databases, or in general the program space of
any computer which can run a communication
program. 3) A slang term for the global
computer network.
Cyberware Any cybernetic/bionic body implant
which replaces or augments a specific body
function.
Cylon Derogatory term for corporate security
personnel.
Daddy, Dadie An "add-on" chip; a cyber-data
chip containing a programmed skill which
augments existing skills or provides new ones.
These chips provide "instant" training of a
normally unknown ability (e.g. flying a jet).
Dandelion Eater An Elf, very insulting. See also
Keeb.
Dark, the (HR) Space. (See Big Black.)
Dataslave A corporate decker or a data
processing employee.
Datasteal Theft of data from a computer, usually
by decking.
DDR An expert in "Difficult Data Retrieval". A
tactful form of address for a netrunner. See
Deckjockey.
Dead Presidents Old (pre-collapse) United
States paper currency.
DEBS Transvestites, a type of posergang.
Deceleration trauma See Cement poisoning.
Deck 1) Cyberdeck. 2) To use a cyberdeck
illegally.
Decker A pirate cyberdeck user. Derived from
20th century term "hacker." See Deckjockey.
Deckhead 1) A SimSense abuser. 2) Anyone
with a datajack or chipjack. 3) Derogatory term
for a netrunner.
Deckjockey An expert cyberdeck user, usually a
specialist and covertly accessing and stealing
from corporate databases.
Deep Reality The real world we live in. As
opposed to the realities we create for ourselves
within our minds (e.g. fantasy games) and in our
proc essors (e.g. cyberspace).
DeeVee Devalue. To make something worthless.
Delta A smuggling aircraft.
Deltajock A hotshot pilot.
Deniable Saumrai slang for anyone hired to
disavow, after the fact, all knowledge about a
hosed run & participants.
Derm 1) An adhesive skin patch used to apply
medication. 2) A designer drug, applied to the
dermis, that increases healing and limits fatigue.
De-Rezz 1) To terminate a program. 2) To kill
someone.
DI Digital Intelligence. A computer intelligence
made up of the recorded knowledge of one or
more human experts. This is less complex and
expensive than developing an AI (q.v.).
Die of the measles In military parlance, an
assassination which makes the death appear to
be of natural causes.
Dilligaf! I could care less. Buzz off! Go away!
From the acronym, "Do I Look Like I Give A
Frag?"
Dinks Any member of a rival boostergang.
Dirtboy Airborne rigger slang for a male non -flier.
Dirtnap Slang for death, as in "he's takin' a
dirtnap."
Dirtside (HR) A reference to a planetary surface
(as opposed to space).
Dirtsider (HR) Derogatory term for someone who
rarely or never is in space.
Dirty 1) Derogatory term for low-tech (paper &
pencil, walking, etc.) 2) Any traceable illegal
item. 3) Contaminated.
Dis Disrespect; to treat with disrespect.
Disappear To cause a person, and all known
references to that person, to become difficult or
impossible to find.
DNI Direct Neural Interface.
Do Ugly To beat up or be beaten up (e.g. "Boy,
somebody sure did him ugly!")
Doc Box A slang term for a medic's instrument
kits, usually run at least partially by an expert
system.
Dock (HR) To have sex.
Domo Arigato (jap) "thank you."
'Dorph A synthetic analogue for endorphins
(organic painkillers produced naturally by the
human body). Used to suppress pain and
shock. Addictive.
Dorph Gang A type of street gang that takes and
distributes synthetic endorphin drugs.
'Dorpher Member of a gang primarily identified
by their heavy and frequent drug use. Very
unpredictable.
Double Tap To kill cleanly with a single gunshot
(ref. entry and exit wounds). (E.g. "Someone
double tapped him right between the eyes.")
Doughboy/girl Derogatory term for someone
wearing too much body armor.
Download See Fuse.
Downtime Free time; off the job.
Draga (Hungarian) Expensive.
Dreamqueen A simsense abuser.
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Drek Common curse word (archaic "shit"). adj:
drekky.
Drek Run Any shadowrun of very little pay or
challenge, offered when good work is scarce, or
to newbies as a test.
Drig Copulation. Expletive.
Dr. Know 1) A contact who always seems to
have useful info. 2) a seller of knowledge and
skill chips.
Duck A person who carries more weapons than
could possibly be needed.
Dumped Involuntarily ejected from the matrix.
(Also while rigging or during a simsense
viewing).
Dump shock The disorientation resulting from
the rapid cutoff of a simsense signal.
Dust To kill.
DZ Abbreviation for Drop Zone, a
parachutist's/pilot's touch-down target. Also
landing zone (see also Hot LZ).
Eddies Phonetic pronunciation of "EDs", meaning
Eurodollars.
Edge The fringe of society, where many engage
in illegal or semi-legal acts or life -styles.
Edgerunner Someone who lives on the edge
(q.v.).
Edgezone A strip, grey area, area of potential
"coolness".
Electrocur A guard dog with augmented
offensive capabilities.
ELINT ("EE-lint") An abbreviation for Electronic
Intelligence.
ELSUR ("EL-sur") An abbreviation for Electronic
Surveillance.
Enclave Corporate subsidized housing aka the
projects.
Euro Eurodollars.
Eurodollar The most commonly accepted
standard currency in the modern world.
Exec Corporate executive.
Exotic An obviously biosculpted individual,
usually with non-human features (fangs, fur, tail,
etc.).
Expert System A sophisticated program with
access to a large database, capable of
analyzing & making decisions.
Extraction 1) A corporate kidnapping. 2) The
removal of a (combat) team from its operational
area.
Face, The Decker slang for 1) an interface, 2)
jacking-into the Matrix.
Faceman A sub-fixer in the employ of a major
fixer, supporting that superiors network.
Fate Meat Someone bound for the body banks.
"It is his fate to be meat"
Foot, Feet Derogatory term for police. (From
flatfoot.)
Ferryman Term for an expert assassin. Believed
to be derived from the famed Eurosolo Charon,
who took his handle from the figure in Greek
mythology who ferried the dead across the river
Styx to Hades.
Fetishman A talismonger, a dealer in magical
items.
FIBUA Samurai slang for urban combat. From the
acronym, "Fighting In Built-Up Areas."
Firelane The clear area a weapon can put its
shots into.
Fixer A go-between, deal maker, information
broker. Also a fence or mover of illegal goods.
Flash - 1) Anything spectacular (e.g. "That deck
has a lot of flash!") 2) Hard currency (e.g. "Loan
me some flash.")
Flashdealer A street vender with his wares
concealed inside his volumnious coat.
Flatline 1) A state of death (ref. flat EEG traces
upon brain-death) which may refer to either a
machine (usually a deck or other computer) or a
person. Usually a result of an encounter with
black ice during a netrun. 2) To die, usually
killed in the matrix by Black IC.
Flea (Net) A non-netrunner who accompanies a
netrunner on a netrun by using a "trode set.
Flickercladding A synthetic plastic material
impregnated with fiber optics and temperature
gauges designed t o respond to skin
temperature, a 21st century version of the mood
ring, but is worn as clothing.
Floor Routine From gymnastics, a (usually futile)
attempt to dodge automatic weapons fire.
Fodder A derogatory term fixers use for solos.
Fold - 1) A slang term for flexible (paper or
plastic) currency. 2) To shut down something or
someone (e.g. "This operation is about to fold.")
Footprint A characteristic "hacking" style;
consisting of such elements as speed, number
and length of pauses, commonly-appearing
com mands, words, phrases, and mistakes.
Fossil 1) An elderly person. 2) Someone who
refuses to give up old ways. 3) Any old or
obsolete item.
Frag 1) Common curse word. adj: Fragging. 2) To
kill someone with a fragmentation grenade.
Freakers See Berserkide.
Fred 1) Any straight, unimaginative citizen,
usually a shirt (q.v.). 2) An elder person or
someone who clings to outmoded ideas or
practices (from Fred Flintstone). See Fossil.
Fringe, The Edges of society where nomads
hang out, barrens.
Frob To alter control settings in a random or
mischievous fashion.
Fumigation An assault in which no survivors are
left. Term first used by bwant in Seattle.
Furball 1) Any sort of confusion, snarl-up, or
traffic jam. 2) An intense, chaotic battle.
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