| Here is some of the better slang from our recent BP games: | ||
| TERM | DEFINITION | CONTRIBUTED BY |
| ATOMIC MONKEY | Cetacean slang for GEO Shock Troopers (sometimes used for any highly modified human). | Brand Walker |
| BAGGIE | This is the general term used for a sort of digestible balloon that can be filled with any of a variety of intoxicants and subsequently consumed by partying cetaceans. | Jeff Barber |
| BLACKFISH | A term used by fishermen in the Pacific Northwest to refer to Orcas. | Jim Heivilin |
| BWC | This is the abbreviation commonly used when referring to the Blue Water Circle ecoterrorist organization. | Jeff Barber |
| DESMANDO | A lost contact or target. E.g. a fighter pilot or police detective is pursuing a mark through an asteroid field or a crowd and loses him. | William Hindmarch |
| FIREBREATHER | Any round of explosive ammunition. | William Hindmarch |
| FLOATER | Besides the obvious reference to a waterlogged corpse, this term is also used to refer to drifters, urchins and other waterworld vagrants. | Jeff Barber |
| GOING WALKIES/ GOING WALKABOUT |
To do EVA (extra-vehicular activity) from a spacecraft or submersible. | Ndege Diamond |
| INA (long i, short a) | This is the Hawaiian word for land, and is in fact one of the islands in the New Hawaii cluster. Used in the native vernacular the word is a Semi-derogatory term for any non-native. | Jeff Barber |
| JESSIE/JESSICA DOE | Unidentified female corpse, like "Jane Doe." The most common name for girls born on Poseidon is "Jessica," after Jessica DeMarco, the first human born on the planet. The naming tradition started with natives but eventually spread to newcomer colonist. | Tun Kai Poh |
| JONAH | A baggie in a fish. | Brand Walker |
| LAVORG | This in an abbreviation of Lavender Organics. | Brand Walker |
| MONKEY DRAG | Directly refers to humans hanging onto a cetacean to increase the group's travel speed (and slow down the cetacean). The slang refers to anything humans do that cetaceans think is silly or stupid. Sometimes used in good humor and sometimes derogatorily. | Joe Heck |
| NAPE | Naked ape. A human. | Ndege Diamond |
| OUT | Communications Protocols: This is my last transmission and I don't expect a reply. | Jim Heivilin |
| OVER | Communications Protocols: This concludes this transmission but I expect a reply. | Jim Heivilin |
| PROFESSIONAL CASUALTY | Usually refers to a mercenary who is considered by the unit or the employer to be expendable. | Tun Kai Poh |
| QUERY | This is a general term for any type of signal either sent by or directed towards a cybernetic trode, jack or uplink jack. | Jeff Barber |
| READ YOU 5 BY 5 | Communications Protocols: "I read you loud and clear". Used to let the sender know how well you are receiving them. The first number was how loud the line was (5 being the best) and the second number was how free of static and other line noise. | Ndege Diamond |
| ROGER | Communications Protocols: I have received your transmission and I understand. | Jim Heivilin |
| SCHOOL(ING) | This term describes people hanging out, working together or otherwise acting in close association. | Jeff Barber |
| SNEEZE | To let go of all a craft's hard kill weapons (missiles, torpedoes, what have you) at once, normally in an escape or last-breath effort. | William Hindmarch |
| TAKING ON SPACE | Sure it doesn't actually happen, but this is a hull breech on a space craft. As in "we're taking on space." | William Hindmarch |
| WATER | A term among natives referring to personal courage, daring and/or honor - as in "he has a lot of water to stand up for her like that after what she did to him ". | Jeff Barber |
| WATER BURNER | A fusion power plant, or any craft that uses fusion. Stems from those power plants you can refuel with water. | Ndege Diamond |
| WATER DEPARTMENT | Refers to the the division of a corporation responsable for doing " wetwork" or assassinations and other covert (or dirty) assignments. | Ndege Diamond |
| WELCOME WATER | A term native cetaceans use to describe the seawater they habitually spit on newcomers to Poseidon. The act is as inexplicable as cetacean humor, but tradition has it that it helps fade The Spots faster, though there is no medical evidence supporting the claim. | Jeff Barber |
| WILCO | Communications Protocols: I have received your transmission and I understand and will comply. | Jim Heivilin |
| WISEGUY | A smart missile or torpedo. Also any hard kill weapon with exceptional tracking capabilities. | William Hindmarch |
