Metaplegic

adjective
Of or relating to a bodily paralysis triggered by a disorder elsewhere in the body.
noun
A person who suffers from metaplegia.
Origin
Pairing of meta (from ‘metastasis’) and plegia (paralysis).
Source
Against A Dark Background

Junklight

noun
The light reflected by orbiting artificial satellites seen in the night sky.
Origin
Space junk, objects in orbit with no useful purpose.
Source
Against A Dark Background

Synchroneurobonding

noun
A virus that makes a group of infectees better able to anticipate one another’s reactions.
Source
Against A Dark Background

Jambles

noun informal
The area of space between the Fringe and the highly civilized worlds around Old Earth.
Origin
Derived from ‘jumbled’ in reference to the effects of the Double War on these planet’s civilizations.
Source
Dying Of The Light

Outworlds

noun plural
Collective term for all the worlds of the Fringe; those fourteen human colonies between the Tempter’s Veil and the Great Black Sea.
Source
Dying Of The Light

Endwife

noun
A woman who has vowed to tend the stricken, help the hurt to live, and bury the dead.
Origin
Pairing of ‘end’ (cessation) and wif (woman).
Source
The Deep

Dirtside

noun
The surface of a planet.
Origin
“Dirtside – that was the only word for it. What did the globes of dust have to offer after the clear sharp world of space?”
Source
Spaceship Medic

Headvid

noun
Video viewed by direct interface with the visual cortex of the brain.
Source
Voice of the Whirlwind

Policorp

noun
A corporation with extreme economic and political power, usually having nation status.
Origin
Pairing of polús (great) and ‘corporate’.
Source
Voice of the Whirlwind

Condecology

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

Mudboy

noun informal
A low-status male living on Earth, not in the employ of the United Orbital Soviet.
See also
Dirtgirl
Source
Hardwired

Dirtgirl

noun informal
A low-status female living on Earth, not in the employ of the United Orbital Soviet.
See also
Mudboy
Source
Hardwired