Elite: Dangerous Slang Dictionary and creator.
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I'll adjust this slightly to a 'Lineker'.
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DBOBE - Creator of the Galaxy
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There is an alternative definition for this! (snork)
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My 3p:
Sidey - Affectionate diminutive for Sidewinder
Shake 'n Bake - For the time when your T9 gets wedged in the Toast Rack (q.v.) for too long and the station decides to put you out of your misery.
The Bubble - a 55-system sphere centred on Eranin that was a training ground for many of the current generation of pilots.
Boarder: pilot specialized in doing missions through the mission board inside stations.
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One from the "Real World" (tm pat. pend.) of mining but very appropriate in the ED universe : Rock (gah ED filter is blocking this word, noun of one who licks would be a L...er)
In the "Real World" mining game, a Rock L...er is a geologist, but in my ED mining experience it seems to be the miner who ends up "Licking Rocks" (getting too close to the asteroid)
(Historical note for the saying: certain minerals have a "taste", so it was not unusual for geologists to lick the rock in question, gave an early indication of mineral content but also had some hazards. It was not uncommon for geologists in beryllium rich areas to develop mouth cancers and needless to say licking galena does wonders for your lead levels)
In the "Real World" mining game, a Rock L...er is a geologist, but in my ED mining experience it seems to be the miner who ends up "Licking Rocks" (getting too close to the asteroid)
(Historical note for the saying: certain minerals have a "taste", so it was not unusual for geologists to lick the rock in question, gave an early indication of mineral content but also had some hazards. It was not uncommon for geologists in beryllium rich areas to develop mouth cancers and needless to say licking galena does wonders for your lead levels)
Decided not to put fedsec etc, in because I'm not sure they qualify as slang/informal language.
Added to here.
Pop: To die. Believed to come from a popular fiction, unlike real life.
Zit: A lot of security turning up, often making an unseemly yellow boil on your scanner. "I was just scooping up this Onionhead when a zit turned up, I turned tail and meeped out of there."
Meep: To leave quickly. From the call of the roadrunner Escapicus Speedicus.
Zit: A lot of security turning up, often making an unseemly yellow boil on your scanner. "I was just scooping up this Onionhead when a zit turned up, I turned tail and meeped out of there."
Meep: To leave quickly. From the call of the roadrunner Escapicus Speedicus.
Docked - "My wife was angry I'd been playing too much elite and I got docked for a week..."
ETC (Elite Time, Coordinated) - a system of measuring time were one ETC hour is proportional to eight standard earth hours.
Pippin'd - When your wife takes the kids, car keys, crystal whiskey tumblers, and moves to her sisters 'for some thinking time'.
Roided - When you chase that 50% yield platinum ore and smash straight into the asteroid you were mining.
Startwinder - The beginner ship that comes with all loaned equipment. (have heard multiple people use this name, not sure of source)
ETC (Elite Time, Coordinated) - a system of measuring time were one ETC hour is proportional to eight standard earth hours.
Pippin'd - When your wife takes the kids, car keys, crystal whiskey tumblers, and moves to her sisters 'for some thinking time'.
Roided - When you chase that 50% yield platinum ore and smash straight into the asteroid you were mining.
Startwinder - The beginner ship that comes with all loaned equipment. (have heard multiple people use this name, not sure of source)
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Buck = a player or NPC with a bounty on
Big Buck = a player or NPC with a bounty of more than 10k on
King Buck = a player or NPC with a bounty ranging over 100k
Scum of Scums = a player or NPC with a bounty ranging over 1 mil
Cashbomb = a torpedo
Big Buck = a player or NPC with a bounty of more than 10k on
King Buck = a player or NPC with a bounty ranging over 100k
Scum of Scums = a player or NPC with a bounty ranging over 1 mil
Cashbomb = a torpedo
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Rare Trading - a system of trading that involves sitting looking at a commodity screen for 20 minutes whilst listening to Dolly Parton's greatest hits, wearing a tin-foil fedora, and clicking mindlessly in the hope of a good refresh.
Bouncy Bouncy - when exiting supercruise to a station and it exits you behind the station which you then hit at speed. "Dave, I had a big bouncy bouncy with the station in my type-7 last night, thankfully I fitted shields."
Nipples - alternate name for the Fragment Cannon. *Shoots cannon* "My nipples explode with delight!"
Nipple Tassles - a turreted fragment cannon. Sometimes known as a Barbara Windsor, "Dave, I shot that Python up real good with my Barbara Windsors".
Infected - when you have wanted status and are denied docking permission. When you clear your wanted status: "I, am no longer... infected."
Lunchtime - an Ananconda with an 80,000CR bounty and no shields...
Bouncy Bouncy - when exiting supercruise to a station and it exits you behind the station which you then hit at speed. "Dave, I had a big bouncy bouncy with the station in my type-7 last night, thankfully I fitted shields."
Nipples - alternate name for the Fragment Cannon. *Shoots cannon* "My nipples explode with delight!"
Nipple Tassles - a turreted fragment cannon. Sometimes known as a Barbara Windsor, "Dave, I shot that Python up real good with my Barbara Windsors".
Infected - when you have wanted status and are denied docking permission. When you clear your wanted status: "I, am no longer... infected."
Lunchtime - an Ananconda with an 80,000CR bounty and no shields...
Used roided, the others are either in already (startwinder), ooc, which I'm phasing out, (pippin'd), mildly offensive - i don't mind, but the mods are demons for it- ( docked) or not slang (ETC).
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Using Buck and Cashbomb. Thanks for donating!
Added Lunchtime, Infected (nice!) and Bouncy Bouncy.
Also:
Black Disco: The destruction of a ship in a station.
Zenoglide - the act of traveling to a place in supercruise whilst decelerating, such that your time to target remains constant even as you get ever closer, usually 0.06 seconds. Named after an old Earth philosopher who outlined a paradox that a fast runner could never catch a slow runner to whom he had given a head start, as it would take time to make up the distance travelled in ever smaller amounts.
Yeah, it was a perfect zenoglide all the way into the dock, didn't need to double back once.
Yeah, it was a perfect zenoglide all the way into the dock, didn't need to double back once.
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Don't know if it's been mentioned here but I just read in another thread "VanDamage" for taking damage from ship to ship collision LOL