Elite: Dangerous Slang Dictionary and creator.

Julio Montega

Julio Montega
Routinized: the cause for many deaths among veterans. "I was routinized, when i took a station to the canopy."

Utilitarian: a pilot who fits more than two kinds of weapons for flexibility in combat
 

Anopheles

Anopheles
Columbo, to: to go after 'just one more thing' before docking to redeem bounties, trade big, etc. Usual leads to ship destruction.

Pancake: Lakon 9 spaceship, see also cowpat.

Rabbit hole: Escape vector

Trashcan: 1: A uss that contains only low value canisters. 2: A (pirate vernacular)trader carrying low value goods.

will add others above when at a piece of glass with a hard keyboard.
 
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talshiarr

talshiarr
I didn't trawl through the entire nine pages of this, but I've heard the Coriolis stations called 'cubes' frequently, as in "My canopy was blown and I couldn't find that cube's entry to save my life."

Honestly though, I've only run across maybe 10% of those terms ever.
 
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Anopheles

Anopheles
talshiarr said:
I didn't trawl through the entire nine pages of this, but I've heard the Coriolis stations called 'cubes' frequently, as in "My canopy was blown and I couldn't find that cube's entry to save my life."

Honestly though, I've only run across maybe 10% of those terms ever.
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1: they are compiled on page 1.

2: see the word 'creater' in thread title.

3: Don't trample on our gentle whimsy.
 

Xipheas

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Surely the best slang is organic rather than forced? By all means, let people understand 'the bubble' or what a griefer is, but don't make stuff up just for the hell of it, and to try and get your post stickied!
 

Marak

Marak
Xipheas said:
Surely the best slang is organic rather than forced? By all means, let people understand 'the bubble' or what a griefer is, but don't make stuff up just for the hell of it, and to try and get your post stickied!
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Aww... C'mon - I think Anopheles is doing a great job - and a service to us all!!
 
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PillowTalk

PillowTalk
Dreg - an insult; bottom of the barrel. Commonly used by pirates, police and bounty hunters to taunt their victims.

Freebooter - Disparagement toward criminals. Used almost exclusively by Police.

Purps - Torpedoes in flight. See also "Purple Pill of Doom"
 
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Dean Smith

Dean Smith
J
Juggler: A pilot who really needs to upgrade their power plant. "I had to juggle six modules just to get my friendship drive to work."
P
Parallaxing: The act of using a fixed point on your ship, such as part of the windscreen, to see if a stellar body moves. "I found the second star by parallaxing on the side of my cockpit."
Pinging: Using the discovery scanner. "I bounced around the system pinging for all I was worth but I couldn't find the second star."
 

cmdr over

C
"cleaning the litter box" : Surveying an unexplored 24 world system, only to find it entirely populated by asteroids. See Also: HIP 70324
 
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Anopheles

Anopheles
Compiled to here.

Also tidied it up and made all entries In Character.

Also: The First Monthaversary of the Thread has passed! Thanks all!
 
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Julio Montega

Julio Montega
Allegro: the act of starting an ecounter with a hearty boost and a quick turn

Blinder: a pilot who preferrs to destroy the targets sensors.

Cramper: a pilot who keeps the trigger pressed, in order to continously fire, rather than fire salvos.

Paint Sniffer: a pilot who preferrs to get very close in combat situations. "Man that Eagle closed in on me, i thought he'd be a Paint Sniffer."
 
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Anopheles

Anopheles
Compiled to here

added

Coat: A Shield. "Shot at by a zit in Sol, had a thick coat on, but I got him down and popped him good."

repping all contributors.

Also added some from page 8 that I managed to miss, apologies.
 
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mollymawk

mollymawk
Plaid, going to: Approaching so fast in SC that by the time you turn round it feels you're almost as far away as when you started.

Solled, being: On visiting Sol, your family crowd round and insist you examine every planet, over and over, losing half your days credit income.
 
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