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Farscape terminology - Definition |
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Terminology from the Farscape universe.
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arn
- An interval of time roughly equivalent to 1 Earth hour.
B
brandar tile
- A form of currency possibly equivalent to a Credit.
C
control collar
- A Peacekeeper device that prevents a Leviathan from Starbursting.
crindar
- The Scarran form of currency.
cycle
- An interval of time roughly equivalent to 1 Earth year.
D
dench
- A unit of length roughly equivalent to 1 inch.
Diagnostic Repair Drone (DRD)
- A device about the size of a breadbox that performs various functions aboard a Leviathan.
drannit
- a vile, noisome, or uncouth creature
dren (slang)
- shit
drad (slang)
- cool
dradest (slang)
- coolest
credit
- The most general term for currency in the universe.
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F
fahrbot (slang)
- crazy; insane; demented
fekkik (slang)
- stupid waif; naive fool; dipshit
fennik
- A form of currency used in the Uncharted Territories.
frell (slang)
- fuck (I.e:"Frelling fool!")
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Greebol (slang)
- Nebari word for a daft, foolish, or inexperienced person.
H
henta
- A unit of length roughly equivalent to 1 centimeter.
hetch
- The universal unit for speed. For example, a Marauder has a top speed of hetch seven.
hyper-rage
- A Luxan state of mind marked by extreme violence, memory loss, and blackouts.
Hezmana
- Hell (Luxan term)
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kalvo
- A Scarran unit of energy. At high levels, the energy can be harmful. For example, Kalvo Ten can kill a person.
kelvoy level
- A system used to measure levels of energy. The Kelvoy Levels are used by Sebaceans and are similar to the Scarran Kalvo.
klance
- The universal unit for temperature. For example, a budong's stomach is an inferno; it burns at 5000 klances.
kretma
- A form of currency in the Uncharted Territories, more widely used than the Fennik.
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lenart
- A unit of weight or volume. For example, it is used to measure chromextin, a drug that was used to heal Talyn.
loomas (slang)
- breasts
M
mallot
- A unit of volume that may be close in size to a liter.
metra
- A unit of length roughly equivalent to 1 kilometer.
microt
- A length of time roughly equivalent to 1 Earth second.
milon
- A unit of length roughly equivalent to a mile.
mivonks (slang)
- testicles
motra
- A unit of length equal to 1/1200 of a metra.
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nano moment
- A very short amount of time; a small fraction of a second.
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P
parisim
- A unit of length roughly equivalent to 2 miles.
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S
samat
- A unit of length roughly equivalent to a foot.
T
thoddo
- an unintelligent person; a dimwit
trad
- The universal unit for power. 200 Trads is the equivalent to 80% of a Transport Pod's power capacity.
tralk (slang)
- whore
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W
weeken
- An interval of time roughly equivalent to 1 Earth week.
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Z
zacron
- An extremely large unit of length. For example, The Flax is 75 billion Zacrons long.
zark (slang)
- Another curse along the Earth english translation of the curse Fuck (e.g: "Zarking asteroid! It nearly hit us!" See above, Frell).
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Example Usage of terminology |
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vlb: Not crazy about Facebook terminology. "5 comments, 1 person likes this". Only 1 person _likes_? :-( If you mean "saved as favorite", say so. |
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jordansissel: @littleidea That's useful. Though index == stash == cache? This terminology sucks :( |
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rogerlb: Close molecular cousin of Flubber. RT @Mindworm Unobtainium? How much of the $250 million went to terminology? |
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