- noun
- A device able to freeze a person in a cylinder of liquid nitrogen to preserve the body in case of catastrophe.
- Origin
- Formed from vitri (glass) and ‘fax’ – fac simile (“make like”).
- Source
- Fiasco
- noun informal
- A person without cybernetic brain implants.
- Source
- The Star Surgeon’s Apprentice
- noun
- A species not originating from the planet Terre.
- Origin
- Formed from éxō (foreign) and terra (ground).
- Source
- Embassytown
- noun
- A bio-synthetic being spawned from a mother-machine.
- Origin
- Naqal (imitation).
- Source
- Oblivion: A Journey
- noun
- Fragments of a superintelligence melded with a human-level intellect.
- Source
- A Fire Upon the Deep
- noun informal
- A person who has been made into a cognitive computer.
- Source
- A Deepness in the Sky
- noun
- A carnivore.
- Source
- The Star Diaries: The Eighth Voyage
- noun
- Seasonal vegetation that grows into irregular temporary housing.
- Origin
- Pairing of ‘adapt’ and ‘plant’.
- Source
- Central Station
- verb
- Recreational use of the anti-cancer drug Reboot™ for the purpose of experiencing its notable gender-reassignment side effect.
- Source
- Changes
- 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
- verb
- To commit evolutionary self-deselection (suicide).
- Origin
- Charles Darwin; evolution of species by natural selection.
- Source
- Accelerando