Glossary of Terms

[millyfox]

There's a large amount of slang that Mildmay uses when he speaks, so for my own reference and anyone else's that he plays with, here's a list of the words and their meanings.


annemer - someone completely without magical talent, a non-wizard

Cade-Cholera - Patron Saint of illness, disease, and death

cade-skiff - a Guild that is tasked with pulling bodies from the Sim and keeping them for burial

centime - monetary unit, currency equal to one cent

cheaps - market place for the impoverished/non-bourgeoisie

crip - crippled

decad - unit of ten (days or years depending on context)

demigorgon - monetary unit, half a gorgon

Dogs - Police force

fiacre - slightly more fancy horse and carriage

flash, flashie - self-important, rich, extravagant, someone calling attention to themselves in a pompous or pretentious way

flat - dull, stupid, naive or innocent

gorgan - monetary unit, possibly equal to ten dollars

gull - to fool or trick, to take advantage of

hocus - wizard, one who can perform magic

indiction - a year

janus - bisexual

Keeper - one who buys and trains children as thieves or assassins for hire, or sells them to brothels for money

Kennel - Jail or police station

Kethe - Patron Saint of thieves and pickpockets, can be used as an expletive or curse word

Long Tiffany - a card game

martyr - the submissive position in a BDSM relationship/scene

mikkary - evil or mischief usually in conjunction with magic use

molls, molly - homosexual

pack - gang

pack-rat - someone who has joined a pack

powers, powers and saints - expletive, referring to the powers that govern the universe

septad - unit of seven

septad-day - noon

septad-night - midnight

Sim - largest river running through Melusine

tarquin - the dominant position in a BDSM relationship/scene