This glossary contains the Atkithian dialect used in “Gods of Changeling Love.” Also a list of the characters who appear in the book.
Atkith is a technological world, and though they speak the same language as the people of Ertaetha (a language I call Antramme, named after a favorite high school English teacher), they have evolved a dialect of their own. While most of the words are derivatives of familiar words or synonyms, some are complete fabrications. The Atkithians often use the last part of a word instead of the first as is common in English, i.e., ’natic for fanatic, instead of fan.
Atkith is a technological world, and though they speak the same language as the people of Ertaetha (a language I call Antramme, named after a favorite high school English teacher), they have evolved a dialect of their own. While most of the words are derivatives of familiar words or synonyms, some are complete fabrications. The Atkithians often use the last part of a word instead of the first as is common in English, i.e., ’natic for fanatic, instead of fan.
aTKITHIAN dIALECT
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A to K
actual: amazing, incredible advent: start, begin agribelt: climate controlled, enclosed farm land annex: appropriate or steal apogee: tantrum a’right: all right, fine aromastims: gaseous mood enhancers astounder: surprise auston: large monetary unit autosist: answering machine ber: beer blacked: unconscious boddy: pretty or very boiling: noise bolacious: fabulous, spectacular, wonderful bold: fresh brek: breakfast buoyant: awake cache sex: g-string caller: telephone centerbank: large banking area centerlight: spotlight chimmering: large bird-like construct chisel: cheat clasher: popular music clik: gang or clique clock: hour color on you: matter with you Comdominant: exposition area concept: idea console: computer construct: An android made of organic and inorganic parts and containing electronics and a metinator for lek conversion. Ruk is the shortened form. cradle: entertainment area crag: boy or young man credible: real crim: criminal crimp: problem crinched: intoxicated, usually with drugs cronk: dullard cronkish: stupid cuddle furniture or cloth: Furniture or fabric which molds itself to the user. May also vibrate (purr) and/or emit heat. cush: easy going person cutling windows: windows made up of many small, constantly twinkling pieces of plaz dab: small amount dallicrag: male prostitute damp: to shield from electronic or spoken communications by the use of an energy field damper: make quiet or soothe darting bush: mobile plant that springs from place to place in search of nutrients deluxe: rich, wealthy demo: (n) sample, (v) demonstrate diagnostic: medical scanning machine dingy: silly, stupid draddle: to dally or putter with drift: forget drike: things, stuff drome: arena drubble: prattle Dupane: emotional enhancement drug edibles: food emoting adventure: interactive entertainment where participants feed one another their emotional reactions ensaid: common pain relief drug erratic: crazy Estar Entourage: Rhine Estar’s company EstarPrime: private brand of jhol marketed by Estar Entourage exceller: excellent fastanzik: fantastic filtrate walls: energy fields which can be used as osmotic membranes or solid barriers firstexec: primary executive flame: incredibly, extremely flashlings: minuscule nocturnal constructs which cluster in groups and perform colorful, melodious patterns flashwip: Small personal weapon, the size of a slim flashlight, which emits an audible, visible beam, a combination of light and sound waves. The beam has a range of about 20 feet, though distance lessens its effect. Depending on the setting, a flashwip can sting or stun. At its highest setting, it will cut and burn organic substances, though not mineral or metal. The color of the beam indicates the setting: lowest green, middle teal, highest blue. fleet: fast flexlink: planet wide information/communications/media/banking system floopy: dizzy flyer: hovercraft forchy: lucky frame: physical shape fre: tea frek: an impolite expletive fresher: bathroom fret: worry fretless: don’t worry genetic manipulant: a human who has been genetically designed gentler: gentleman or lady get a hush: be quiet get a screech: enjoy gilt: gold, as in tangible money gott: a mild expletive hairy berries: tart pink citrus fruit with a furry skin ’henser: see telehenser Hes: Mr. Hir: Ms. hololusion: holograph holomote: holographic movie that can include smell, touch, taste and sensation as well as visual stimulus holorium: auditorium for the showing of holomotes hoy: hey, hello, hi ident: identification, identify interpret: understand implant: An electronic device implanted inside the body for various purposes, such as the dispensation of vital drugs or lubricants, communications, energy grid manipulation, emotional projection, etc. in quarters: agitated, afraid intolerant: a person who cannot take drugs for either health or legal reasons issue: song collection jhol: common mood-elevating drug, available in varying strengths jill: to tease or joke jingerlath: ground hugging plant that emits a squeaking noise when touched journaler: reporter joss: intangible money, credit jossy: expensive juls: justified user of licensed strigs, used both singular and plural kay: okay, agreed kev: wine kim: girl or young woman ko: caffeine drink kreesh: hallucinatory drug |
L to Z
labtek: laboratory technician leach: To separate toxic drugs from the body by the use of a cleansing agent forced through the circulatory system. leaf: A hand-held screen that interfaces with a console, used in place of hard copy. legaleasy: lawyer legalese: legal terminology legalock: conditional law lek: electricity ’lert: alert lightarm: disintegrator gun liker: likeness such as a hologram or photograph; lookalike locus: finder looker: look losting: missing loud: public louding: publicity lull: sleep lupp: plum-like fruit lustish: sexy luxflyer: well-appointed, expensive flyer mark: market, store medbay: medical treatment area medcenter: hospital medflyer: medical hovercraft medmachine: medical apparatus or instrument medpak: medical kit Medplex Finite: a supplier of medical equipment and drugs medrest: first aid area medsist: medical assistant, nurse medteam: medical team medtek: medical technician, doctor medtend: to treat in a medical capacity ’member: remember metinator: unit which converts the lek field into usable energy migott: exclamation of startlement mindspeak: mentally enunciated thoughts intentionally channeled into a telehenser miser: bargain, cheap monik: name muk: to disorganize or mess up mukky: messy or crowded muscler: body guard ’natic: admirer or fan, short for fanatic ’natic-net: social network on the flexlink natter: talk, speak with, say null staple: mild recreational drug oblit: remove onoth: six weeks outers: clothing passed the margin: beyond the limit pass: miss, as in lost opportunity or absence patty: social pinchy: trouble pink: healthy plaza: shopping area pretense: appearance print: cell scan for determining identity prober: medical machine for internal body scanning profile: resume prots: nutritionally balanced feed for constructs query: question quiet code: locking code for limiting access to a computer file radical: advanced register: patent revel: party rhial energy barrier: natural barrier surrounding a pocket dimension rhister: personal, flexlink computer worn as a bracelet rhitz: sexual enhancement drug ripple drapes: swishing robe-like garment ruk: see construct scene: apartment shifter: one who travels between pocket dimensions shitz: a star; famous entertainer slap: to ingest a drug; also, to appeal to slice: cancel slies: stealth recorders slipper: person not identified nor entered into the flexlink slitsuit: a form-fitting, one piece garment which often shows excessive skin smacking: delicious smooth: easy smudge: kill sonic scalpel: cutting device which utilizes sound waves Soring Finite: Bridit DuPane’s company sounded: heard (pt. only) spangle: costume sparrowstone: small bird-like construct speck: second speket: unit of distance, about 3 miles squinchy: little sterling: new stimmer: shock ring used for sexual stimulation stimmie tab: device which imparts the emotional reactions of another person strataflyer: jet strig: drug sully: to injure bodily or hurt feelings superbs: wonderful techniks: technology tek: technician tektron: scientist telehenser: A skull implant device which transfers mindspeak communications to other units. Not true telepathy as telehenser sendings cannot be received by one without the same kind of unit. tense beams: unblockable communications thocen: drug which regulates hormones thoricore: police thrara: healing therapy utilizing light waves thrill: sex or to have sex thrill kip: bordello thumper: headache tik: ticket tipple: fruit juice tinket: mild euphoric drug t’go: transportation unit which rides on invisible lines of energy tolly: like or tolerate track: comprehend tranquil: tranquilizer tronic: electronic tropola: urban area trundle: walk truthing: lie detector unders: under garments unhonor: insult unsully: clean (verb); unhurt (noun) venture: try ’veyor: conveyor, a hovering cart, bed or chair vocate: to work waste: worthless web: an energy restraint weirdling: The state of being poisoned by a toxic drug which causes intense, uncontrollable emotions whyfor: reason younger: child or youth zehneil: antihistamine drug |