Firefly Dictionary
Contents
- 1 Acronyms
- 2 Frontier Life Verbage
- 3 Spacefaring Terminology
- 4 Underworld Terms
- 5 Technical Jargon
- 6 English to Chinese Phrases
- 7 Chinese to English Phrases
- 8 English to Russian Phrases
- 9 Russian to English Phrases
- 10 English to French Phrases
- 11 French to English Phrases
- 12 English to German Phrases
- 13 German to English Phrases
- 14 Links
Acronyms[edit]
AST: Alliance Standard Time
AIN: Alliance Identification Number
Frontier Life Verbage[edit]
Spacefaring Terminology[edit]
Atmo: atmosphere
Black, The: space
Clean your housing: to give a thorough beating
Feds, Federals: members of the Alliance, its military, law enforcement, or functionaries.
Underworld Terms[edit]
Bushwack: ambush
Doxy: prostitute
Drops: Illegal, addictive, narcotic drugs
Footpad: pickpocket thief in a town
Goods, The: loot
Hornswoggle: to trick someone
On The Dodge: wanted by the authorities
Second Story Job: Breaking and entering robbery
Scratch: Valuables
Tonic: amateur or illegal alcoholic drink
Went South: problems appeared, the plan fell apart
Technical Jargon[edit]
Advocate: a lawyer
Cortex: wide spread information network
Genseed: genetically engineered crop seeds used on freshly terraformed worlds.
Skyplex: orbital city or space station
Wave: a communication(text, video, audio, or holographic)
English to Chinese Phrases[edit]
Accusing someone of lying, a ridiculous notion, or talking out of their posterior: Fuhn Pi, literally "farting."
Alliance: Nien Mohn.
Are we clear? Dohn luh mah
Chinese to English Phrases[edit]
English to Russian Phrases[edit]
Russian to English Phrases[edit]
English to French Phrases[edit]
French to English Phrases[edit]
English to German Phrases[edit]
German to English Phrases[edit]
Links[edit]
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