My old Elite Fan site (GalNET) had a section on spacer parlance, and I though it would be fun to recreate it here.
I'll start by listing some of the terms and phrases that I can remember being submitted to the original GalNET thread.
And see what gets added
So here goes:
1: Spacer - Anyone who lives and works in space and rarely if ever goes 'Planetside'.
2: Planetside - The situation of being on a planet.
3: Zoot Suit - a suit with small thrusters used for manoevering in space outside of ones ship, often used to transport from one ship to another where docking is not an option.
4: Domeheads - Imperials
5: Dirt Balls - Derogatory term for planets
6: Eating Dirt - Crashing into a planet.
7: Doing the funky chicken - Flying in a random and erratic pattern (usually when trying to dodge a missile).
8: Bugs - Thargoids, or Derogatory reference to any other alien.
9: Iron **** - A heavily defended ship, one with lots of shields and weapons.
10: Bare **** - A ship lacking in shields.
11: Zoot - To flee, runaway, or just make a quick exit.
12: Crazy Craft - Ships that are either out of control or flown by clueless American teenagers.
13: Breadbin - Cargo Hold.
14: Crust - Profit.
Thats all i can remember at the moment but i'll try to dig the original file out from my server
I'll start by listing some of the terms and phrases that I can remember being submitted to the original GalNET thread.
And see what gets added
So here goes:
1: Spacer - Anyone who lives and works in space and rarely if ever goes 'Planetside'.
2: Planetside - The situation of being on a planet.
3: Zoot Suit - a suit with small thrusters used for manoevering in space outside of ones ship, often used to transport from one ship to another where docking is not an option.
4: Domeheads - Imperials
5: Dirt Balls - Derogatory term for planets
6: Eating Dirt - Crashing into a planet.
7: Doing the funky chicken - Flying in a random and erratic pattern (usually when trying to dodge a missile).
8: Bugs - Thargoids, or Derogatory reference to any other alien.
9: Iron **** - A heavily defended ship, one with lots of shields and weapons.
10: Bare **** - A ship lacking in shields.
11: Zoot - To flee, runaway, or just make a quick exit.
12: Crazy Craft - Ships that are either out of control or flown by clueless American teenagers.
13: Breadbin - Cargo Hold.
14: Crust - Profit.
Thats all i can remember at the moment but i'll try to dig the original file out from my server
