- 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
- adjective
- Crudely physical; not taking into account the topography of Cleavage.
- Origin
- Formed from gross (without deductions) and topical (related to a particular place).
- Source
- The City & The City
- noun
- The alternate identity of a place co-located in the Cleaved cities of Besel and Ul Qoma.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘topography’ and ‘doppelganger’.
- Source
- The City & The City
- noun
- Menial work done for the communal good.
- Source
- The Dispossessed
- noun
- A person who opposes the social order of the Combine.
- Source
- Half-Life 2
- noun
- An advisor in matters of fealty.
- Source
- Surface Detail
- 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
- verb
- The dissolution, dissociation, and total dissipation of a monarch.
- Origin
- Formed from ‘monarch’ and lúsis (loosening).
- Source
- The Cyberiad
- noun informal
- The uniform clothing worn by all citizens of OneState.
- Source
- We
- noun
- A form of government comprising a ruling class and a supreme leader.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘hegemony’ and ‘monarchy’.
- Source
- Use of Weapons
- noun
- The language of Oceania, devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc.
- Source
- Nineteen Eighty-Four