Lawgiver

noun
The standard sidearm issued to Judges in Mega City One.
Source
2000 AD: Robot Wars

Freeboot

verb
Recreational use of the anti-cancer drug Reboot™ for the purpose of experiencing its notable gender-reassignment side effect.
Source
Changes

Sensifrons

noun
A variety of shrub native to Belzagor, able to detect nearby motion and withdraw its leaves as a defence against predators.
Source
Downward To The Earth

Downwell

adjective
Short form of the phrase “down the gravity well” – i.e. located on the surface of a planet.
adverb
From orbit to the surface of a planet.
Source
Accelerando

Databall

noun
An encapsulated message sent over a digital communications network.
Source
The Girl Who Was Plugged In

Loyaltician

noun
An advisor in matters of fealty.
Source
Surface Detail

Autodarwinate

verb
To commit evolutionary self-deselection (suicide).
Origin
Charles Darwin; evolution of species by natural selection.
Source
Accelerando

Spla

adjective informal
A state of intense anger or agitation.
Origin
Possibly a truncation of dysplasia (bad formation) in reference to the idiom “bent out of shape”.
Source
The Word for World is Forest

Xenovox

noun
A portable device for sending and receiving voice communications over long distances.
Origin
Derived from ksenos (foreign) and vox (voice).
Source
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

Revent

verb
The act of transferring the extracted mind-state of a dead person into a fresh body.
Origin
Derived from rĕ- (again) and veniō (“I come”).
Source
Surface Detail

Leptosoul

noun
The essence of a person’s phylogenetic tradition.
Origin
Leptós (thin).
Source
The Godwhale