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

Screamsheet

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

Buttonhead

noun informal
A person implanted with cybernetic sockets for plugging peripherals directly into the brain.
Source
Hardwired

Panzerboy

noun
The pilot of an armoured assault hovercraft used for cross-border smuggling.
Origin
Panzer (armour plating).
Source
Hardwired