- noun informal
- A low-status male living on Earth, not in the employ of the United Orbital Soviet.
- See also
- Dirtgirl
- Source
- Hardwired
- noun informal
- A low-status female living on Earth, not in the employ of the United Orbital Soviet.
- See also
- Mudboy
- Source
- Hardwired
- noun
- An online tabloid news publication.
- Origin
- Coined after the sensationalist reporting style.
- Source
- Hardwired
- noun informal
- A person implanted with cybernetic sockets for plugging peripherals directly into the brain.
- Source
- Hardwired
- noun
- The pilot of an armoured assault hovercraft used for cross-border smuggling.
- Origin
- Panzer (armour plating).
- Source
- Hardwired
- noun
- A miniature video camera with the ability to hover in the air.
- Origin
- Derived from vespa (wasp).
- Source
- Embassytown
- noun
- An artificial male lover.
- Source
- A Borrowed Man
- 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
- noun
- A reconstruction of a deceased person, cloned from their DNA and implanted with their scanned memories.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘reconstruction’ and ‘clone’.
- Source
- A Borrowed Man
- noun
- A person who uses terrorism as a medium for artistic expression.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘terrorist’ and ‘artist’.
- Source
- Neom
- noun
- A technology that can build any object from surrounding matter.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘embryo’ and ‘mechanical’.
- Source
- Neom