Roundvid

noun
A two-dimensional video recording – contrast with trivid.
Origin
Presumed to be coined after the full potential image area of a lens.
Source
A Borrowed Man

Screamsheet

noun
An online tabloid news publication.
Origin
Coined after the sensationalist reporting style.
Source
Hardwired

Sculption

noun
Plastic surgery.
Origin
Derived from ‘sculpt’.
Source
The Hydrogen Sonata

Seatrider

noun
A personal air vehicle of which the pilot’s seat forms an integral part of the airframe.
Source
Matter

Selenoclasm

noun
The sundering of a moon.
Origin
Derived from selḗnē (moon) and klásma (a fragment).
Source
Fiasco

Sensawunda

noun informal
A street drug that stimulates rapid cognition, having novotrophin-B and MDMA as ingredients.
Origin
Phonetic transcription of “sense-a-wonder”.
Source
Accelerando

Sensifrons

noun
A variety of shrub native to Belzagor, able to detect nearby motion and withdraw its leaves as a defence against predators.
Source
Downward To The Earth

Sentionaut

noun
A humanoid servant kept in storage at the Arboria Institute.
Origin
Derived from sentiō (sentient) and nautēs (traveller).
Source
Beyond the Black Rainbow

Sexoid

noun
An android designed to serve as a sexual device.
Source
Innocence

Shellworld

noun
An artificial planet comprising a solid core surrounded by a concentric succession of spherical shells.
Source
Matter

Simex

noun
An implanted artificial memory, indistinguishable from lived memories.
Origin
Abbreviation of ‘simulated experience’.
Source
Ghost in The Shell

Simstim

noun
A recording or broadcast of the sensorium.
Origin
Abbreviation of ‘simulated stimulation’.
Source
Neuromancer