**Compilation of slang and jargon used within the Star Wars RPG. Posted by Lovejoy 13 May 1998 on the Star Wars RPG Mailing List**

--#Chicken Alarm: A hazard assessment: 13 is a Death Star sighting, 8 is a fleet arriving in system, 5 is a solitary Star Destroyer, 3 is a ground army, 2 is a small fleet, 1 is any other sizable operation

--#G's (7G's, 14G's): Number of hostile aliens

--23er: Alliance Intel agent who has made 20 field assignments and been retired; a competent Special Ops agent

--ABH: Average Bounty Hunter, or rather, above-average Bounty Hunter

--Accountant: Someone who insists on telling you the odds

--Alarm Clock: Satchel Charge (see wake-up call)

--Alphabet Soup: Mixed Alliance Starfighter Assault Group

--Al's Hydrospanner Corporation(Alco): Alliance High Command, slang (see hydrospanner)

--Amateurs: Mission Group --Acquisition Run: Any combat operation presenting opportunities for large-scale theft

--Bacta-boy: I.T.D. without armor (see I.T.D.)

--Backup: Alphabet Soup

--Bait: bait

--Bait: Mon Calamari cuisine

--Bait: Tweety whose friends are on R & R (see Tweety, R&R)

--Barmaid: Female Alliance Special Ops Commando

--Bantha Pudu: self-explanatory, slang

--Battery: A lot of chickens huddled together, enough to make even a Special Op slightly nervous

--BBH: Boring Bounty Hunter, the common run of target practice

--Bear: Balinaka

--Bee: Small insect with irritating but nonlethal sting

--Bee: Imperial T.I.E. fighter

--Bee-hive: Imperial T.I.E. base or carrier

--Beer: Recovered Orphan (see cooler, freezer; where the beerz is kept)

--BH: Bounty Hunter

--Birdwatcher: ISB agent, from "Imperial Sunbathers and Birdwatchers"(Special Ops crew tend to have a low opinion of the ISB)

--Black: Any large denomination (1000+) that is probably "blackmarked" and traceable

--B.M.R.(Blind Man's Run): Mission for amateurs and greenhorns chicken rating 3 or less

--Bonehead: Bonehead

--Bonehead: Givin

--Boring: Either "extremely dangerous" or "no threat at all" or possibly both at the same time. Only Special Ops know how this one works

--Boys in White: Stormtrooper

--Brass Mine: a Special Operative

--Bright-eyes: Jawa

--Buffy(also Biff): Young bored aristocrat, the prototype bottomless credstick with a whine

--BUG (Big Ugly Guy): any hostile alien

--BUGspray: Repeat Blaster Cannon

--Bursting: Physical:Dealing with a large predator by waiting until it opens its mouth and then feeding it a live grenade or thermal detonator. Conceptual:Entering a known enemy trap with much more firepower than the trap can handle, or using an enemy's offensive action as an opportunity to do him harm

--Can Opener: Jawa Bounty Hunter (singular)

--Can Opener: Demp Gun

--Can Opener: U.C.T.

--Can't: Tank (deliberate misspelling)

--Carbonite: Really big oops

--Carpet: Less Boring Fuzzball (see Fuzzball)

--Carrot: Heavy Blaster Pistol (what's a gun bunny without a carrot?)

--Cat: Orryxian (Not that any Orryxian would appreciate this)

--Catnot: (Contraction of "Categorically Not") Refers to Kashyyyk, the Wookie homeworld

--CB: Cybernetic Bronchitis, Nickname for Darth Vader

--Chicken: Any imperial operation or personnel

--Chicken Ranch: Imperial Training Facility (where they grow chickens)

--Chorus Girl: Imperial AT-ST Walker

--Chorus Line: Incoming Imperial Mechanized Assault Force chicken rating 5 or better

--Cobble: v.: to sabotage anything (from the French word Sabot)

--Cobbler: n.: Special Ops commando (slang)

--Cockroach(v.): escaping an imperial facility via airducts or other crawlspace (see Roach Motel)

--Cockroach(n.): coward; anyone needing to cockroach

--Cockroach(n.): Verpine

--Cooler: A safe house

--Coop: A lot of chickens huddled together

--Cross-Dressing: Posing as an imperial agent

--C.R.: Chicken Rating (abbreviated)

--Cuddly: Incredibly dangerous

--Cute: Extremely dangerous

--Defenestrate: Throw person out of window

--Delimit: A wookie attacking in HTH combat. Any HTH attack by a very strong opponent. Believed to be a corruption of "De-limb it"

--D.G.(Do-Gooder): any force-sensitive character

--Difficult: Easy

--Dobbin: Imperial AT-AT Walker

--Dog-leg: Programming that left turn into the Astrogation computer, preventing imperial pursuit

--Doesn't: a Wookie

--Don't:Plural: several wookies

--Drink Vouchers: Money

--Duck: Any undercover Imperial operative that is trying not to look like an undercover Imperial operative

--Duck Season: Open season on ducks

--Dumb Orphan: Orphan with valuable information

--Dust Bunny: Retired Special Ops trooper (either of them)

--Easy: Difficult

--Easy Easy: Easy

--Elmer: Any Imperial Operative trying to look like an Imperial Operative (see Duck)

--Energizer Bunny: A highly respected Wabbit

--Entertainment: Combat

--ETLA: Extended Three Letter Acronym, a four letter acronym (see TLA)

--Fair Fight: Any fight a Special Ops team wins

--Fancy (adj): An explosion. Fancy TIE, an exploding TIE fighter.

--Fascinating: Extremely interesting (see interesting)

--Fatigue Scanning: Looking for the weak spots in a system or organization

--F.D.T.: (Flying Death Trap) STOCK Light Freighter

--Fear Gland: Self preservation instinct, generally a bad thing among Special ops crew

--Fearless Leader: The idiot responsible for us being here in the first place ("Okay, fearless leader, now what?")

--Firework: Anything containing a reasonably large fusion reactor. Also, the effects of a thermal detonator

--Fish: Fish

--Fish: Mon Calamari (or other aquatic species)

--Fish: Trouble (depends on context)

--Fox: verb: to raid a hen house (see hen house)

--Fox: noun: anyone who has successfully pulled a fox

--Frac: Fraction of a credit, particularly any non-imperial currency unit

--Fracs'n'Blacks: Large quantity of money in all denominations

--Frag: Fragmentation Grenade

--Freezer: a hide-out

--Fuzzball: Any fur-covered species, derisive

--Gander: Grenade

--Garbage: Any pre-plotted hyperspace jump

--Garbage Can: Any R2 series droid

--Garbage Disposal: secret storage compartment on an R2 droid

--Gargoyle(n.): Bartender

--Gargoyle(v.): To stand very still, usually while attempting a Jawa (see Jawa)

--Gark: Any flying species

--G.B.(Gun Bunny): A heavily-armed Wabbit (see Wabbit)

--G.B.(Gun Bunny): A cargo skiff of some sort, with after- factory vehicle blasters and heavy weapons added

--GBH: Gross Bounty Hunter, ie Boba Fett, Zardra, Dengar, IG-88, etc

--Gold-mine: A target with absolutely no value whatsoever

--Gnu: gun

--Goose(n.): High-Ranking Duck (ie "just a duck, just a duck, ooh, goose!")

--Goose(v.): Causing a duck to jump from cover suddenly

--Goose(v.): Attempting to engage in light entertainment with a barmaid (see entertainment, sometimes; also see Barmaid)

--Grease: Funding for bribes

--Grease the Servos: Funding for bribes

--Greenhorn: A new Rebel soldier who's way too eager for combat

--Greenie: Rodian

--Gray Man: Imperial Intelligence Agent

--Gronk: Any species capable or generating a loud cry/alarm as in "Gronk!!!!!"

--Gruff: Any canine-appearing species

--G.S.(Groundshaker): Imperial AT-AT Walker

--G.U.B.: Great Uncle Boba, refers to Boba Fett

--Hammerheads: Ithorians

--H.B.W.T. (Have Blaster, Will Travel): Special Ops Motto

--Headhunting: Physically locating an enemy's "head" or main nerve center with a view to destroying it

--Headshot: Any single operation that renders the rest of an enemy's operations useless

--Hen House: Imperial Recreational Facility, fully stocked

--Hero: Less Boring Spook or Imperial (see less boring)

--Hijack: Con, bribe, trick, or otherwise persuade a complete stranger to render assistance in some task

--Hitching a Ride: Using someone else's intelligence network or facilities, usually without their knowledge or permission

--Hornet: T.I.E. interceptor (see Bee)

--H.S.C. (Home Shopping Club): Imperial Supply Depot

--H.S.S. (High Speed Surgery): Disabling an armored vehicle or starship by cutting a hole in its hull an injecting a grenade or thermal detonator into the gap

--Hundred Club: Those individuals whose bounties exceed one hundred thousand credits and are still at large

--Hydrospanner: Hydrospanner

--Hydrospanner: Any illegal or restricted goods

--I.I.G.: Inherited Imperial Goods ("we inherited them, honest!")

--Imperial Flush: Kidnapping a particular flock of Geese (1 Admiral, 1 General, 1 Colonel, 1 Commander, and 1 Major)

--Inescapable: A Very Fascinating Situation

--Inkspot: Defel, derisive

--In-patient: Incapacitated/Stunned Stormtrooper

--Interesting: Very dangerous

--"I see": "WHAT????"

--I.T.D. (Imperial Target Decoy): Any person who can't, or won't, dodge in a firefight

--Invite: Explosive ordinance

--Jack: Anyone. As in "Hi, Jack" said to a complete stranger

--Jackpot: A room full of people you don't know (see Jack)

--Jawa(v.): Failing to file proper requisition forms for any piece of equipment

--Killer Bee: T.I.E. Bomber (see Bee)

--K.P.S. (Kicking the Paladin in the Shins): Distracting a Paladin from impending and unnecessarily gratuitous violence or theft (see Paladin)

--K.T.S. (Kicking the Thief in the Shins): Distracting a thief from an opportunity for impending and unnecessarily gratuitous violence or theft (see Thief)

--K.S.A.: Kinky Silver Armor. Imperial Radtrooper

--Lateral: Sidethinking

--Leech: Spook with good acquisition skills

--Less Boring: Dead (see Boring)

--Lightly Tronned: a tron where the vehicle crew survives (see tron)

--Livestock: Assorted weapons, explosives, and heavy artillery

--Mallard: High-ranking Goose (see Goose)

--Mildly: Extremely

--Million Shot: A "very easy" mission. "It's a million shot, but it just might work."

--Mindspook: Spook with Force powers

--Mixed Cargo: Hauling livestock, hydrospanners, and carrots (see each)

--Mousetrap: Sullustan Light Freighter

--Mule Train: Freighter filled with Livestock (see Livestock)

--Nebulon: Any warship equipped with tractor beam generators

--Nerf: Small spherical squishy grazing animal requiring very little attention

--Nerfherder: Someone with entirely too much free time

--N.M.F. (Not My Fault): Broken Hyperdrive

--"No, you idiot. Dodge first, then shoot!": Traditional call signaling the beginning of a firefight

--"No Worries": "Survivors, what survivors?"

--N.R.U. (Nice Red Uniform): Imperial Royal Guardsman

--"Of course": "We're gonna do WHAT????"

--O.F.P.: Out of the frying pan...

--Oink: Traditional Gamorrean greeting (unverified)

--One percenter: Mission carrying a 1% survival chance, standard mission

--"Only Dropped Once": Almost new, unfired Sorosuub Stormtrooper One blaster rifle

--"Oops": "oops"

--"Oops": "You wanted prisoners?"

--Orphan: Rebel soldier or pilot stranded in the field

--Out-patient: Less-boring Stormtrooper

--Party: Any enemy formation (see invitation)

--Paladin: a fanatic D.G. (see D.G.)

--Penned Orphan: Orphan captured by the Imperials

--Perfect: The only thing left that can go wrong and hasn't yet ("oh, perfect!")

--Picnic: Any time Special Ops crew are expecting lots of BUG's to show up

--Planters:Ithorians

--Plastic Soldier: Stormtrooper

--Portable: Anything a Special Ops crew finds necessary to remove, even if it weighs 60 tons and has been molecularly bonded to the ground. "Steal anything that isn't nailed down, and if you can pry it up, it wasn't nailed down..."

--Protocol Droid: Assassin Droid

--P.S.C.(Plastic Soldier Carrier): Imperial AT-AT Walker

--P.T.D.(Popping The Duck): Kidnapping a sector Moff

--Raisin-head: A greenhorn who's seen too many war holos

--Red Carpet: Large quantity of explosive devices

--Roach Motel: Imperial Maximum Security Prison (see Cockroach)

--Road Runner: AT-PT

--R & R: Duck Hunting

--R & R: Any unauthorized acquisitions run

--Rubbing Salt in the Wound: Going back and later running previously salted plans, changing only the date (see salting the ether)

--Sarlacc: An Inescapable Trap (see inescapable)

--Salting the Ether: Generating spurious plans for nonexistent missions and broadcasting them in tight code in spare bandwidths to keep Imperial Intelligence's Analysis Bureau from getting bored

--Sand: Smugglers, slang

--Sandbox: Any hot and dry planet typically used as a hideout for smugglers (see Tattooine, from a distance)

--Sandcastle: Smuggler's HQ

--Sandman: Imperial sandtrooper

--S.C.A.M.: Special.ops Combat Acquisitions Maneuver (see R & R)

--Scoping: Estimating resources needed for an operation. Or, maintaining surveillance on members of the opposite sex (depends on context)

--Scragged: Totally tronned (see tron)

--Scrip: Corporate or Planetary Currency

--Season Ticket: Several explosive devices

--Severely tronned: Where practically nothing survives (see tron)

--"She's rich...": The downfall of most Corellians

--"She's rich...": Traditional Corellian mating call (unverified)

--Sidespeak: Vocabulary designed for mixed company, i.e. around Imperials or Alliance Intel operatives

--Sidethink: Peculiar Special Ops mindset, blending opportunism, careful planning and lethal efficiency with a healthy dose of mindless recklessness and pure cockiness

--Slimebottom: Hutt

--Slug: Hutt

--Smart Orphan: Orphan without any particularly valuable information

--Snowball: Less Boring Snowman (see snowman)

--Snowman: Imperial snowtrooper

--Soldier: Mercenary, slang

--Spook: A Special Operative, particularly a solo one

--Spy: Any well-known Special Operative

--Squawker: Any flying Species

--Squid: Quarren

--Squid Head: Quarren

--S.S.(Skywalker Surprise): Mission carrying a 0.1% survival chance. An "interesting challenge"

--Star Destroyer: 174,000 design flaws waiting to be exploited

--Steam Iron (v.): eliminating wrinkles

--Stud Farm: Imperial Mechanized Assault Force Base

--S.T.L.A. (Shortened Three Letter Acronym): An E.T.L.A for a 2.L.A.

--Strike: Taking out a column of Stormtroopers by hitting the one in front with an anti-vehicular weapon

--Sweet: Cute and cuddly

--TAD: Thermal detonator

--Tad: Rookie (see TAD)

--Tailor: Someone responsible for steam ironing (see steam iron)

--Takeoff: Eliminating prime weapons, while leaving the heart of an objective intact. For example, destroying defensive Ion cannon while leaving a power plant intact, or downing the bodyguards of a powerful but unarmed crimelord

--T.A.M.: Threatening Armored Man. Imperial Storm Commando

--Teddy Bear: Cute and Cuddly Fuzzball

--Ten Percenter: Mission carrying a 10% survival chance

--T.E.P.M.(Thermal Exhaust Port Mission): Mission carrying a 0.1% survival chance (see S.S.)

--Thief: Non-Force Sensitive character derisive, slang

--Thinking Sideways: a compliment

--Thousand Shot: Mission carrying a 0.1% survival chance

--ThreePeeOh: any protocol droid, not to be confused with a "Protocol Droid" (see protocol droid)

--Tinker: Tech or engineer slang

--Tinfish: Imperial seatrooper

--Tinfish Bucket: Imperial AT-AT Swimmer

--T.L.A.: Three Letter Acronym

--Toy: Melee or heavy weapon

--Toybox: Weapons cache

--Translator: You're holding it, greenhorn...

--Trawling: Out looking for fish

--Tron: Causing opposing vehicle to suffer a "spectacularly debilitating irreversible maneuvering capability deficit" or crash. "Well, that tronned it."

--T.S.(Target Silhouette): Stormtrooper

--Tweety: A spook under observation by Birdwatchers (see birdwatcher)

--U.C.T.(Universal Cutting Tool): Lightsaber

--Vapor Op: A hopeless plan, of the type produced by greenhorns, raisinheads, and laser-brains

--Very Dumb Orphan: Orphan who "knows too much" and must be silenced, rescued, or discredited

--Wabbit: Special Ops crew

--Wabbit season: Wabbit being hunted by ducks or Elmers

--Wake-up call: Grenade

--Wolf: Shistavanen Wolfman

--Won't: A town or Wookie village, believed to be a deliberate misspelling

--Wotshisname: Practically anything or anyone (depends on context)

--Wrinkle: Spec.Ops. nickname for Emperor Palpatine

--Wrinkle: any sudden complication in a plan

--Yellowstuff: Stabilized ytterbium

--"You're right, we better both go": Chicken Alarm 8 or better

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