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CYBERPUNK Streetslang -- the cool lingo of 2020
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- AI : Artificial Intelligence ; a computer with full self awarness.
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- Booster : any member of a gang that effect cyberwear, leather clothing,
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and random violence.
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- Combat drugs : any one of series of designer drugs created to increase
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speed, stamina and reflexes.
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- Chilled : to be cool ; to be together.
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- Chippin' In : to buy cyberwear for the first time. To cast your lot with
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a group. To connect with a machine.
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- Chombatta ( Choomba ) : Neo-Afro-American slang for friend, family member.
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- CHOOHý ( "choo" ) : Streetslang for alcohol, as used in vehicle
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power plants. The vast majority of vehicles in the
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2000's are fueled by an advanced form of alcohol with
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a higher burning temperature than normal methanol.
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- Chromer : 21st century heavy metal rock fan. See also /Chromatic Rocker/,
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/Chromatic Rock/.
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- Chromatic rock : a type of heavy metal characterized by heavy electronics,
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simple rythm and violent lyrics.
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- Cybered Up : to get as much cyberwear as possible before you go
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over the Edge.
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- Data Term : a streetcorner information machine, with a screen, Net inputs
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and keyboard.
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- Disk : record, recording ; a laser disk.
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- 'Dorphs : Streetslang for synthetic endorfins, a designer drug that
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increases healing power, limits fatigue, and produces a "rush"
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similar to a second wind.
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- Exotic : a human biosculpted with non-human elements ; fur, long ears,
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fangs, etc.
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- The Face : The Interface, jacking into the Net.
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- Flatline : to kill. A dead person or thing.
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- Go LEO : to make the trip into Low Earth Orbit; i.e, to visit
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one of the inner space stations.
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- Gyro : small one or two man helicopters, used mostly in police work
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and Corporate strike operations.
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- Handle : nickname ; a working name you are known by on the street.
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- Hydro : Streetslang for hydrogen fuel, used to power a sizable number
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of vehicles in the 2000's.
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- Input : girlfriend.
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- Keyboard : Streetslang for computer interface with manual keys.
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Also terminal.
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- Netrun : to interface with the Net and use it to hack into Data Fortresses.
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- Output : boyfriend
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- Polymer one shot : any cheap plastic pistol, usually in the 5 to 6mm range.
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- Posergang : any group whose members all affect a specific look, style or
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bodysculpt job.
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- Ripperdoc : surgeon specializing in implanting illegal cyberwear.
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- Ronin : a freelance assasin or mercenary. Usually considered to be
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untrustworthly.
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- Rockerboy/girl : a musican or performer who uses his or her art to make
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political or social statements. Rockerboys nor the same
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as rockstars, who are usually "owned" by recording
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mediacorps and are apolitical.
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- Samurai : a corporate assasin or mercenary, hired to protect Corporation
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property or make strikes against other Corpotate holdings.
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- Slammit On : to get violent ; to attack someone without reason.
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- The Street : wherever you live, late at night. The Subculture ;
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the Underground.
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- Stuffit : to have sex. Also ; forget about something.
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