- noun
- A subterranean organism resembling a botanical rhizome, known to produce valuable pearl-like stones.
- Origin
- Derived from aureus (golden) and lac (milk).
- Source
- Prospect
- noun
- A unit of time.
- Origin
- Possibly an abbreviation of ‘corrected’ (for time dilation) and ‘second’.
- Source
- The Island
- noun
- Artificial outdoor lighting with an effect resembling starlight.
- Origin
- Astrum (star).
- Source
- The White Pony
- noun informal
- A computer.
- Origin
- Corruption of ‘calculator’.
- Source
- Wish Upon a Star
- noun
- A portable device worn over the eye by citizens, connecting them to the city’s pervasive information network.
- Source
- A Memory Called Empire
- noun
- A mutable, foldable, transparent plastic which can display images and text.
- Origin
- Abbreviation of ‘information’ and fiche (a card).
- Source
- A Memory Called Empire
- noun
- An augmented projection of the current locale.
- Origin
- Spime, an object that can be tracked in space and time.
- Source
- The Quantum Thief
- noun
- A person who possesses a fortune of time.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘millennium’ and ‘millionaire’.
- Source
- The Quantum Thief
- verb informal
- To make redundant, particularly by technological means.
- Source
- The Panda Coin
- noun plural
- Clones produced from a sample of blood purported to be that of Jesus Christ.
- Source
- What Would Sam Spade Do?
- noun
- A word, which when spoken inveigles its way into the mind of the speaker and manifests itself in his flesh.
- Origin
- Named for the parasitic manifestation caused by the word.
- Source
- Entry Taken from a Medical Encyclopedia
- noun
- An instrument that can interweave, differentiate, coordinate or completely counteract vibrations of any source or nature whatsoever!
- Source
- The Vibrometer