Git
Noun.
A common Orphanite pejorative term of general dislike, not dissimilar to "jerk" or "idiot," and commonly denoted incompetence or foolishness on the person's part, can be used on friendly terms among one's mates, and is rarely taken too seriously. "Shouldn't have touched the hot stove, should you? Stupid git."
Piker
Noun.
The sort of fellow who would find you passed out and nick your billfold. "Can't abide Avery. Fella's a piker through and through, and no mistake."
Nick
Verb.
To steal, pilfer, pickpocket, take without expressed written or verbal consent. "I think some piker just nicked my billfold!"
Woolgathering
Verb.
To become lost in one's thoughts and chase one after the other, to meander along a train of thinking, usually about random, meaningless, or far-away musings, to "gather wool" as one cloud-gazes—woolgathering. "Don't go woolgathering again when you should be minding the dynamite."
Gawp
Verb.
To gaze open-mouthed at everything like a bloody tourist. "Stop gawping. You look like a bloody tourist."
Lectral
Adjective.
Orphan's general term for what the rest of Exterior would come to know as electricity. Because we can't have things be simple, that's why. "Lectral work is far easier than tending the bovines, is what I think."
Pilfer's Nest
Noun.
A horrid mess of disarrayed hair, wire, string, or the like, as in the mess of some rodent-like animal. What precisely a "pilfer" is, beyond the verb form of theft, is wholly unknown. "Your hair looks like a pilfer's nest. Is that what you were hoping for? In that case, looks great!"
Nosy-Parker
Noun.
A busybody, town gossip, sort of person who would listen in to everybody's business and most likely tell about it. Basically, it's everybody's little sister, ever. "Don't be a nosy-parker, Jack. Mind your own problems and let me cause mine."
Greased & Guzzled
Adjective phrase.
A particular colloquialism of Algary, this term generally refers to one who has worked far too hard on far too little rest, probably for too little pay, for too many hours, not unlike counterpart "ridden hard and put away wet" from equestrian circles. "Blazes, Alan! You look greased and guzzled, to be sure! Hair's a right pilfer's nest, too!"
Giving One
Verb phrase.
To kiss a person of the opposite sex upon the mouth, or to otherwise "peck," "snog," or become romantically entwined in such a manner as one's lips are inextricably occupied with the other's. "Now don't go sneaking off and giving one to your girlfriend behind the Songbird! Ain't decent."
Narrow-Up
Verb phrase.
Colloquial replacement of "sidle-up," to flirtatiously draw close to, to cuddle or otherwise move in an other-ward direction with intention to become romantic in some fashion. "James is busy narrowing-up to that girl from the tram. He'll be giving her one on the mouth, if she ain't careful."
Lofter
Noun.
A general term developed in the latter days of Orphan Towne and furthered in Pendulum for any form of flying machine, but especially those that use Toroidal Field technology to maintain altitude. "Alright boys, let's get this lofter in the air!"
Vaterland (Fatherland)
Noun.
Old Germanic term for a homeland, past or future, rather wishful and idealized in its imaginings, but not uncommon among Orphan's many Germanic people.
Ha'penny Tripe
Adjective.
Referencing the amount of currency and "tripe," a general term for nonsense, this phrase essentially denigrates something to the status of "half-nonsense," which is really something low. "Had enough of your ha-penny tripe, Bob. Now clear off!"
Atí lagi
Not broadly used in Pendulum, this general Galó term is one of agreement, though used far more liberally and loosely with Hana Sóholdt than probably any other Galó . The term generally equates to "yes," "alright," "okay," or even "agreed," but can be so broad in usage as to even mean a farewell salutation like "goodbye" or "goodnight." Attempts to orchestrate this term grammatically should be avoided at all possible cost.
Nah
Means "No." this one didn't really need an entry, now did it?
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