Chrownotransductionology

noun
Temporal slippage induced by chrownons; in other words: timely travel.
Origin
Professor Gladys Chrowdingler, discoverer of the chrownon.
Source
Automated Alice

Cinematophote

noun
A handheld round plate that displays moving images on its surface.
Origin
Derived from cinematograph (‘movement writing’) and phōto- (light).
Source
The Machine Stops

Cityspeak

noun
A multilingual street dialect.
Source
Blade Runner

Clanker

noun informal
A robot.
Origin
Derived from clank, the sound of metal colliding.
Source
Gateway

Cloudhook

noun
A portable device worn over the eye by citizens, connecting them to the city’s pervasive information network.
Source
A Memory Called Empire

Conapt

noun
A private apartment in a shared building.
Origin
Abbreviation of ‘condominium apartment’.
Source
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Condecology

noun
A condominium living complex with its own constitution and ideology.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘condominium’ and ‘ecology’.
Source
Voice of the Whirlwind

Confliction

noun
A formal conflict within a virtual reality – i.e. one where the outcome matters beyond the confines of the battle environment itself.
Origin
Portmanteau of ‘conflict’ and ‘simulation’.
Source
Surface Detail

Congohelium

noun
Matter and anti-matter locked in a fine magnetic grid to ward off the outermost perils of space.
Source
The Rediscovery of Man

Corpselover

noun
A carnivore.
Source
The Star Diaries: The Eighth Voyage

Corsec

noun
A unit of time.
Origin
Possibly an abbreviation of ‘corrected’ (for time dilation) and ‘second’.
Source
The Island

Cosmeg

noun
A single star containing all the mass in the universe.
Origin
Abbreviated from ‘cosmic egg’.
Source
The Gods Themselves