Editing Lensman (Nerik's WIR) (section)

== Glossery of Terms ==


Aldebaranian bolega — Alcoholic spirit similar to whisky.

Benny — Slang for Bentlam.

Bentlam — narcotic, 'known also to the trade by such nicknames as "benny," "benweed," "happy-sleep," and others, is a shredded, moistly fibrous material of about the same consistency and texture as fine-cut chewing tobacco.' Originates on Corvina II.

Bergenholm — Inertia neutraliser

Blasted off — lost your/their temper

Boskone — space pirate outfit - (inter-)galactic in scope

Fayalin — 'A stimulating, although non-intoxicating beverage prepared from the fruit of a Crevenian shrub, ''Fayaloclastus Augustifolius Barnstead''; much in favor as a ceremonial drink among those who can afford it.' E.E.S.

Free — under inertialess drive

Give someone the needle — play a prank/make a fool of

Hadive — smoked narcotic

H.T.T.s — 'High-Tension Tinkers' (Second-Stage Lensmen)

Inert — not under inertialess drive

Jets/Jets to swing that — Influence/capability to do something

Laxlo — Alchoholic drink drunk on Radelix

Lens, to Lens — use a Lens to send a telepathic communication to someone.

Lensing — using a Lens to read someone's mind

Klono — spaceman's deity (usually used for expletives)

Mauler — slow, heavily armed mobile fortress

Net — Device for allowing the safe(-ish) equalisation of intrinsic velocities.

Nitrolabe — Centralian narcotic, injected

Noshabkeming — Valerian deity

QX — OK

Sense of Perception — non-visual, volumetric sense

Seven Sector Callout — [I]really[/I] good looking.

Thionite — illegal narcotic, effective on anything with haemoglobin-based blood.

Tomingan donganeur — martial arts move, presumably from Tominga.

Trenco — anything, animal or vegetable, that lives on the planet Trenco

''Z9M9Z'' — aka ''Directrix'', Grand Fleet Operations.

Zabriskan fontema — something with very little sense

Zwilnik — anything or anybody that comes after thionite

--[[User:Nerik the Red|Nerik the Red]] ([[User talk:Nerik the Red|talk]]) 07:23, 15 April 2018 (PDT)