| Matrix | Another term for cyberspace, the world-wide computer network, its systems, icons, & sites. |
| Meat | Decker slang for the physical body. |
| Meat Bop Parts | Vat grown replacement body parts. |
| Meat Puppet | A prostitute whose memory and/or senses are disabled temporarily. |
| Meat Rack | A house of ill repute. whore-house. |
| Megacorp | Incredibly large corporation, usually multinational. |
| Metahuman, Metatype | Any of the species of awakened humans, i.e. troll, dwarf, elf or ork. |
| Metro, the | The subway or underground. |
| Mierda | A Spanish equivalent to drek. |
| Mnemonic | Someone who uses a brain implant as an electronic vault. |
| Motorhead | A rigger or a mechanic. |
| Mouse Around | To explore in a very low profile manner. |
| Mr. Johnson | Refers to any anonymous employer or corporate agent. |
| Mundane | A non-magician, or non-magical. |
| Muscle Boy/Girl | Someone with enhanced strength. |
| Nano-Tech | The science responsible for cyberware. |
| NetNerd |
Someone who spends more
time in the matrix than in the real world. |
| Netrunner |
A decker, not necessarily implying illegal activities. |
| Ninja |
A freelance assassin. |
Null Perspiration /
Null Persp |
A slang expression meaning, "no problem," "all right," "affirmative" or "no sweat." |
| Nutrisoy |
Cheap processed food
product derived from soybeans, |
| Nuyen |
World standard of
currency. |
| Ohayo Gozaimsu |
Good morning. (japanese) |
| Omae |
Friend. Companion |
| Organitskaya |
The Russian Mob. |
| Otaku |
A child with the natural ability to run in the Matrix, without a cyberdeck. |
| Output |
A boyfriend. |
| Oyabun |
Head of a Yakuza clan. |
| Panzer |
Any ground effect combat vehicle. |
| Paydata |
A datafile worth money on
the Black Market. |
| Perp |
Perpetrator, a criminal or suspected criminal. |
| Pervo |
A freakish-looking individual. |
| Plastic Gangster |
A person with a great deal
of cyberware. |
| Plex |
A metroplex, a large city.
|
| Pods |
People who are very much alike in thought, behavior, and appearance. |
| Poli |
A policlub or a policlub
member. |
| Policlub |
A hate group, usually referring to anti-metahuman
political groups |
| Polymer-one-shot |
A cheap hold-out pistol. |
| Poser Gang |
Any gang whose members all
adopt a specific look or style. |
| Puta |
Whore. |
| Ramjammer |
A decker, more often a juggler, addicted to violent confrontations in the Matrix. |
| Rat-Lab |
Prisons where prisoners are used as experimental subjects for
medical research |
| Razor Boy/Girl |
Heavily cybered samurai or other muscle |
| Reduce |
Slang for physical violence |
| Rezzed |
Ready [I'm rezzed for it] |
| Rimbo |
A gun-toteing sex kitten |
| Ripperdoc |
A surgeon specializing in
implanting illegal cyberware. |
| Rocker Boy/Girl |
A freelance musician. |
| Samurai |
A mercenary or muscle for
hire. Implies an honor code. |
| Sarariman |
A corporate employee. |
| Scan |
Read, sense, understand |
| Scout |
Any of the four, lightly armored, offensive positions on an urban brawl team. |
| Scragged |
Killed |
| Screamer |
Credstick or other ID that triggers computer alarms if
used or something fast, sleek, and sexy, used as an expression of admiration. |
| Seoul Man |
A member of a Seoulpa
Ring. |
| Seoulpa Ring |
A small criminal gang with connections to other like
it. |
| Shadowriders |
The unofficial, Lone Star, elite cadres, who've made SINless shadowrunners their special jurisdiction |
| Shadowrun |
Any movement, action, or series of such made in carrying out plans which are illegal or quasi-legal. |
| Shadows |
The quasi-criminal world
of freelance shadowrunners. |
| Shag |
To cheat or trick. |
| Shalkujin |
"Honest citizen." A corporate employee. |
| Shoemaker |
A street slang term for a producer of fake credsticks or identification |
| Shortwire |
To burn out, flame out, splash down and generally crash mentally. |
| Shut Down |
Shut up, stop talking. |
| Simsense |
ASIST sensory broadcast or recording |
| SIN |
System Identification Number. An ID number unique to each citizen. |
| Sinless |
Part of the underclass
not having a SIN (System Identification Number) |
| Skagman |
A dealer in illegal wire or chips. |
| Skat |
A gross-looking individual. |
| Skeinsuit |
A near-frictionless bodyweave/catsuit, used for maneuvering through tight places. |
| Skiv |
To rob on the street. |
| Skrag |
To kill or destroy. |
| Slam |
To beat up. |
| Slam it |
Generic expletive used like, kiss off, up yours. |
| Slap Patch |
Medical patch |
| Slitch |
A female with a less than friendly personality |
| Slot |
A mild curse. |
| Slot and Run |
Hurry up. Get to the point. Move it. |
| Smoothie |
Ork slang for a non-ork or non-troll. |
| Snoop |
Reporter |
| So Ka |
I understand. |
| Soykaf |
Ersatz coffee substitute made from soybeans. |
| Splash |
To shoot down. |
| Sprawl |
A huge metropolitan area. |
| Squat |
Of or relating to any low-class housing or a dwarf or dwarven, highly insulting. |
| Squeaky |
ork slang for an elf. |
| State of the Art |
Hipper than Hip or to
be on the edge. |
| Straightener |
A less than affectionate form of address for a psychiatrist. |
| Straphangers |
Derogatory term for commuters. |
| Street Doc |
A ripperdoc who performs emergency wound surgery as well. |
| Streetname |
A nickname, handle, or working name by which one it known by on the streets. |
| Stud/Studding |
Rigging or remote control
of a vehicle. |
| Stuffer Shack |
A fast food outlet, selling convenience foods and Nutri-Soy. |
| Stuffit |
To forget about something or to have sex. |
| Stuntie |
A Dwarf, highly insulting.
also Squat. |
| Suit |
A straight citizen, usually a corporate employee. |
| Suss |
To solve a problem, figure out something, understand. |
| System Identification
Number (SIN) |
Identification number assigned to
each person in the society. |
| Tag |
Name, handle or trademark.
To grab or take something. |
| Tagged |
Equipped with a tracking
device. Recognized. |
| Tailchaser |
A high profile or noisy shadowrun to retrieve false or planted info, thus proving the info's validity. |
| Techno Scum |
Technically brilliant individual but very unpleasant. |
| Technician |
A corporate slang term for a professional hit-man. |
| Throwback |
Derogatory term for an exotic. |
| Tiger |
A military netrunner. |
| Tight Interfacing |
To have sex. |
| Trid |
Three-dimensional
successor to video. |
| Trode Net |
A simsense "headband" that allows person without a datajack to "tag along" with a decker. |
| Trog |
An ork or a Troll, very
insulting. From "troglodyte." |
| Twinkie |
A naive, defenseless, vulnerable, or otherwise useless person. |
| Twitch |
A careless, scatterbrained, or otherwise unreliable individual. |
| UGE |
The "Unexplained Genetic Expressions" of children into elves and dwarves in 2011. |
| VatJob |
A person with extensive cyberware replacement, reference is
to a portion of the process during which the patient must be submerged
in nutrient fluid |
| Very |
Hip term for cool fun or
"in." |
| Wagemage |
A magician (usually mage) employed by a corporation. |
| Wakarimasu-ka? |
Do you understand? (japanese) |
| Wakatta |
All right, I understand. (japanese) |
| Watch-over |
A surveillance shadowrun. |
| Wavy |
Cool or smooth. |
| Wetware |
Biological enhancement or any original body organ. |
| Wetwork |
Assassination, murder. |
| Wigly |
Weird or different.
Usually referring to a good drug trip. |
| Wilson |
Idiot, often used as decker insult. |
| Wire Boy/Girl |
A decker. |
| Wired |
Equipped with cyberware,
especially wired reflexes. |
| Wiz |
A magician, usually a mage; or as adj. great, wonderful,
excellent |
| Wizard |
A powerful mage. |
| Wizworm |
Slang for a Dragon. |
| Word, The |
Any type of slang or
gossip. |
| Yak |
Yakuza, either a clan member or a clan itself. |
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