Cussing in Estra (safe for younger aliens on your hangar deck)




   This may be an irreverent way to spend a Sunday, but in the Estra galaxy, it's important to know when you're being insulted or cussed at. To that end, I offer a few common terms that have found their way into the Common Trade Language used along the major shipping lanes and in civilized parts of the galaxy.





Buttrock


Origin: Klevessan

Noun

Buttrock (plural Buttrocks) 

Pronounced BUT-rawk

(vulgar, derogatory) A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, or rude person.
“He talked all night about the Wingar and was such a buttrock that everyone left the party.”

(vulgar) An unpleasant or uninviting place.
"You should have more sense than to talk to anyone in this buttrock mining colony.”

(vulgar) By extension, anything unpleasant or undesirable. Often used appositionally.
“When he started complaining about the buttrock shuttle again I wanted to particle-blast him.”






Ballaseker

Origin – Hosanii

 Noun

Ballaseker (plural Ballasekers)

Pronounced Bal-ah-SEK-er


(strongly vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
"Up against the wall, Ballaseker."

(strongly vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
"Check out this Ballaseker."

(markedly vulgar) An incredibly intense experience, often but not always negative.
"War is a Ballaseker."

“I jammed my finger in the airlock. It hurt like a Ballaseker.”

“You mess with me, and I will come at you like a Ballaseker.”

(teasingly, friendly, jokingly, vulgar) An excellent or very close friend or relative.
“How’ve you been, you crazy Ballaseker?”









Slit

Origin - Briddarri

Alternative forms

slite (Briddarri)
sleyit (Briddarri Iesia dialect)
sleit (Briddarri Caeda dialect)

Noun

slit (usually uncountable, plural slits)

(countable, uncountable, colloquial, vulgar) Poo.
                "I have slit on my railgun!"

 (countable, colloquial, vulgar, in the plural, definite) (the slits) the trots.
"He had the slits for three cycles."

 (countable, colloquial, vulgar) 
"Can't a human take a slit in peace?"

 (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
"Throw that slit out the airlock!"

 (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Stuff, things.
"I want your slit out of my spaceport by tomorrow."
"I'm too old for this ripwave slit."

 (uncountable, colloquial, vulgar, definite) (the slit) The best of its kind.
"These particle rifles are the slit!"

 (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Nonsense; Baloney.
"Everything that Naplian says is a load of slit."

 (countable, vulgar, colloquial) A nasty, despicable person.
"His Hagadorn girlfriend has been a real slit to him."

 (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) (in negations) Anything.
"We don’t have slit to live on."
"The Zetta can't sing for slit."
"The Dulte aren’t worth slit."

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) A problem or difficult situation.
"The Svenisch are in some serious slit."
"Some slit went down in the hyperjump engine room last night."

 (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) A strong rebuke.
"I gave him slit for being late to the Fastil Mining job."

 (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) any recreational drug.
                 "The Kopitak at the end of the bar is selling some good slit."


               




Beezers

Origin: Dulte Kingdom

Noun

Beezers pl (normally plural, singular Beezer)

(Beigian, vulgar) man parts (sometimes used in the singular)
(Dulte, vulgar) Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
                "That's a load of Beezers, mate!"

 (Dulte, vulgar) An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.
                 "Don't mind them Wingar; they are Beezers!"


 Verb

 Beezers (third-person singular simple present Beezerses, present participle Beezersing, simple past and past participle Beezered)

(transitive, Dulte, taboo, slang) To break.
"The starship's Beezered."

 (transitive, Dulte, taboo, slang) (also Beezers up) To fail (a task); to make a mess of.
        "I Beezered the starship pilot exam."







Next time...DCLO - Distan Colonies Liberation Organization (I promise)


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