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Beamless: To be confused. This term originates from the feeling of disorientation one feels while driving the zones at night with headlights off. “Wait, wait, slow the fuck down and start again, you got me all beamless and shit.”
Cage Mad: Another term for crazy, more extreme than just mad. “He’s cage mad!”
Centre-City: an insult to call someone untrustworthy or you suspect them to be working for BL/ind, going off the fact that the closer to the centre of Battery City you get, the more BL/ind influence you seem. “Don’t trust her man, she’s so centre city.”
Chapter 11: A term meaning gay guy, most commonly used in Zones 4 and 5. “I’m about as chapter 11 as it gets.”
Chilly: Used to describe something or someone suspicious or out of place. “listen here you fuckin’ chilly motherfucker…”
Costa Rica: For things to go crazy/become chaotic. “Things went all Costa Rica.”
Deadface: A general term used to describe the effects of City pills. “He got all hyped up on Battery Acid and now he’s deadfaced”
Deity Fucked: A term used to describe those with terrible luck. “That dude is deity fucked, I swear. He can’t keep out of trouble for the life of him.”
Floral: Rare type of innocent beauty.
Gravity: A general term for something that brings you down. It could be anything from BL/ind, to sand in your boots, to starvation. “Dang, that’s gravity man.”
Hype: A way to call someone intoxicated, either because of alcohol or drugs. “Fuck, man, you should slow down. You’re pretty hype right now.”
Icy: When someone dies in a sketchy way, based off the term ‘chilly’ meaning someone suspicious. “Did you hear about ****? Yeah, they were ghosted just last night. It’s pretty icy what happened.”
Loony tune: Something/someone a little odd or weird. “That’s right loony tune”
Mega: Similar to our term ‘wicked’. “It was mega dude!”
Orwell/Big brother: Meaning that there's a lot of surveillance around. Used by Juvie halls most often due to the city being run by BL/ind. "oh be careful out there, it’s all Orwell/Big brother right now"
Pally: An offensive way of calling someone a friend. “hey pally, buzz the fuck off.”
Rainbow: Derived from the idea of rainbows only coming with rain, this term is used to describe something positive. “That’s really rainbow.”
Raindead: Hungover. “Can you shut up? I’m fucking raindead.”
Royal: Used to describe something high end or fancy, most commonly drugs. “Fuck man, that shit you dealt me last week was fuckin’ royal.”
Sand crack: A term used to describe something/someone annoying, derived from the sensation of sand in your pants, a generally annoying sensation indeed. “Why don’t you dive side street you fucking sand crack.”
Shiny: Awesome or cool.
Shone: A word meaning really happy, similar to the term ‘sunny’, but primarily used by the adolescent rebels, being more teen slang.
Smiley: Someone who acts like or seems to be a BLI informant. “Watch out, they look pretty smiley.”
Soggy: A term meaning something wasn’t so fun. “Man, that party was soggy. We shouldn’t have even gone.”
Sour: Refers to the sense of something not quite right, similar to the term “Off”. It derives from the idea of milk turning sour after it has expired. “Somethings sour with this place, I can feel it. It just doesn’t feel right.”
Storm: A term used to describe a good time, stemming from the rare pleasure of rain out in the desert. Can be linked to the word ‘Blast’ “I’m having a storm.”
Sunny: Meaning really happy, this term is used often to refer to the younger rebels of the zones. “***** is just so sunny. She’s a right little ray of sunshine.”
Whispy: The experience of a calm or dreamlike drug high. “Put this shit in your drink, it gets you fuckin’ whispy man"
Zoned: A way of saying high, mostly used in the context of smoking Zoneweed. “I’m so fucking zoned.”