Zero GravitasA science fiction lexiconhttps://zerogravitas.net/feed/2024-03-05T09:16:50+00:00Chyrp/2024.01 (Sombre)Brainlockhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/250/2024-03-05T09:16:50+00:002024-03-05T09:16:50+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">A behaviour alteration procedure that uses hypnosis to induce an extreme aversion to certain stimulus.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Dogfight</dd>
</dl>Gimboidhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/249/2024-03-05T09:14:40+00:002024-03-05T09:14:40+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun informal</dt>
<dd class="definition">An incompetent person.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Possibly a pairing of ‘gimp’ and the suffix <dfn>-oid</dfn> (resembling).</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Red Dwarf</dd>
</dl>Bonephonehttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/248/2024-02-20T16:26:50+00:002024-02-20T16:26:50+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun informal</dt>
<dd class="definition">A bone-conduction implant used for discreet telecommunication.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Hinterlands</dd>
</dl>Headvidhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/247/2024-02-09T15:27:09+00:002024-02-06T15:33:07+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">Video viewed by direct interface with the visual cortex of the brain.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Voice of the Whirlwind</dd>
</dl>Policorphttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/246/2024-02-01T16:55:00+00:002024-02-01T16:55:00+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">A corporation with extreme economic and political power, usually having nation status.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Pairing of <dfn>polús</dfn> (great) and ‘corporate’.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Voice of the Whirlwind</dd>
</dl>Condecologyhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/245/2024-02-01T17:02:38+00:002024-02-01T16:52:29+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">A condominium living complex with its own constitution and ideology.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Portmanteau of ‘condominium’ and ‘ecology’.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Voice of the Whirlwind</dd>
</dl>Mudboyhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/244/2024-02-09T16:56:04+00:002024-01-05T13:36:04+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun informal</dt>
<dd class="definition">A low-status male living on Earth, not in the employ of the United Orbital Soviet.</dd>
<dt class="origin">See also</dt>
<dd class="origin">Dirtgirl</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Hardwired</dd>
</dl>Dirtgirlhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/243/2024-02-09T16:56:15+00:002024-01-05T13:31:38+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun informal</dt>
<dd class="definition">A low-status female living on Earth, not in the employ of the United Orbital Soviet.</dd>
<dt class="origin">See also</dt>
<dd class="origin">Mudboy</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Hardwired</dd>
</dl>Screamsheethttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/242/2024-02-09T15:28:31+00:002024-01-02T16:36:40+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">An online tabloid news publication.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Coined after the sensationalist reporting style.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Hardwired</dd>
</dl>Buttonheadhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/241/2023-12-01T16:07:26+00:002023-12-01T16:07:26+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun informal</dt>
<dd class="definition">A person implanted with cybernetic sockets for plugging peripherals directly into the brain.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Hardwired</dd>
</dl>Panzerboyhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/240/2023-12-01T16:03:57+00:002023-12-01T16:03:57+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">The pilot of an armoured assault hovercraft used for cross-border smuggling.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin"><dfn>Panzer</dfn> (armour plating).</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Hardwired</dd>
</dl>Memrionicshttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/239/2023-11-11T18:02:44+00:002023-11-11T18:02:44+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">The science and technology of developing Artificial Intelligence.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Formed from ‘memory’ and ‘electronics’.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">The Regression Test</dd>
</dl>Rithttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/238/2023-11-11T18:00:13+00:002023-11-11T18:00:13+00:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">pronoun</dt>
<dd class="definition">The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a robot.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">The Child of Clay</dd>
</dl>Chlomachhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/237/2023-10-13T16:04:13+01:002023-10-13T16:04:13+01:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">An external artificial organ capable of photosynthesis, attached to the human body via umbilical cord.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Derived from <dfn>khlōrós</dfn> (green) and <dfn>māchina</dfn> (machine).</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Sleeping Beauties</dd>
</dl>Psychocyberneticshttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/236/2023-09-07T13:33:17+01:002023-09-07T13:33:17+01:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">A scientific field concerned with digitizing the personality of an individual.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">The Beast Has Died</dd>
</dl>Atavachronhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/235/2024-02-06T15:39:55+00:002023-08-17T10:46:07+01:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">A device used to prepare a time traveller’s cellular structure and brain patterns for survival in their selected time period.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Derived from <dfn>atavus</dfn> (ancestor) and <dfn>khrónos</dfn> (time).</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Star Trek: The Original Series</dd>
</dl>Starcrosserhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/234/2023-07-06T16:28:10+01:002023-07-06T16:28:10+01:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">An interplanetary spacecraft.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">The Fifth Head of Cerberus</dd>
</dl>Vespcamhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/233/2024-02-09T15:27:23+00:002023-06-06T19:58:35+01:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">A miniature video camera with the ability to hover in the air.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Derived from <dfn>vespa</dfn> (wasp).</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">Embassytown</dd>
</dl>Joyboyhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/232/2023-05-08T17:45:51+01:002023-05-08T17:45:51+01:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">An artificial male lover.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">A Borrowed Man</dd>
</dl>Roundvidhttps://zerogravitas.net/id/post/231/2024-02-09T15:27:42+00:002023-05-01T10:48:07+01:00Daniel Pimleyhttp://zerogravitas.net/<dl>
<dt class="type">noun</dt>
<dd class="definition">A two-dimensional video recording – contrast with <dfn>trivid</dfn>.</dd>
<dt class="origin">Origin</dt>
<dd class="origin">Presumed to be coined after the full potential image area of a lens.</dd>
<dt class="source">Source</dt>
<dd class="source">A Borrowed Man</dd>
</dl>