Basic Rim World Speech[edit]

Truncate the "g" for "ing" words. ("Schoolin'")

Pepper with slang adjectives.

Double negatives. ("It don't mean nothin' out here.")

Using odd words and word forms in phrases.

Use "don't" instead of "doesn't".

Ain't.

Odd words: druther, yonder, dang, plumb, right smart.

Prefixing on "-ing" ("a-runnin'")

No -ly pn adverbs. ("She described the plan real simple. That job's awful hard to do.")

Subject and Verb don't match. ("We was goin' there. He got none of that.")

Malformed verbs. ("He growed up real good. He come by her last night. I seen it with my own eyes. He done run off again.")

A Few Examples[edit]

All-fired - completely. (ex. "Where'd she go gettin' all-fired jealous 'bout this?")
Awful, Dreadful, Mighty, Plumb, Powerful - very, really, or other adjectives for emphasis (ex. "Gettin' awful crowded in my sky.")
Bang-up - great. (ex. "They did a bang-up job.")
Bughouse - a mental hospital.
Git - go away.
Peck - A large amount.
Preacher - anyone religious.
Ornery - stubborn, not passive.
Run afoul - to get into trouble.
Shindig - a party, usually with dancing.
Shiny - good or valuable. (can also be used as an exclamation. For example, "That's just shiny!")
Size someone up - judge how tough they are or what their intentions might be.
Sly - a gay male
Tetchy - sensitive or complaining.

Atmo - atmosphere, as in to "leave atmo."
The black - space
Clean your housing - to give a thorough beating (as in a spaceship's engine housing)
Feds, Federals - Members of the Alliance, its military, law enforcement, or functionaries.
Go to blackout - shut down power on the ship to avoid detection.
On the drift - in space without fuel, unable to travel.
Reavers - madmen who live on the edges of civilized space, flying dangerous ships and preying on other space vessels.
The Rim - frontier planets, not the core.
The 'Verse - inhabited space or the universe.
Being buzzed - sensors from another ship are actively sweeping you.