Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The T’s

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We’re up to the T’s in the Covenant’s Trade language! Click through to learn more useful terms for your stay in the Orion Arm.

• Tayassam (chiroptim, term): Literally “Little Yassam”, a common name for many chiroptim neighborhoods. Named after a large chiroptim ghetto back on the Old World in New York City’s Five Points area; many chiroptim today have ancestors from this neighborhood. See also Yassam, The.
• Taklitish (chiroptim, term): A wide and diverse body of chiroptim knife fighting styles. Their only commonalities are that they’re passed down from mother to daughter and use paired weapons.
• Tally (valka, slang): Waist. From Nadsat, derived from taliya (waist).
• Tathik (chiroptim, term): Literally “rich wine.” A chiroptim euphemism for blood.
• Tattik (chiroptim, term): 1. Sting, stinger. 2. A single piece of ammunition, like an arrow or bullet.
• Tavak (chiroptim, term): Pistol.
• TBH (aco, slang): Acronym for to be had. Possible sexual partner or customer. From British Polari.
• Tcheppen (chiroptim, slang): 1. Bother, needle. 2. Banter.
• Tefak (chiroptim, term): Rifle.
• Tetyefil (chiroptim, term): The act of regurgitating consumed blood to feed a (usually dying) chiroptim.
• Tevefsekh (chiroptim, term): Literally “long rope death”. Death by lynching.
• “That’s valka” (human, slang): Jury-rigged; an ugly, temporary solution; a kludge. The 28th century equivalent of “That’s ghetto”.
• Thetaltos (chiroptim, term): 1. Human slaves and servants in the Yassam who held down victims while their chiroptim masters fed. 2. Butler or servant. Also companions. See also Yassam, The.
• Thews (aco, slang): Thighs. From British Polari..
• Tober (aco, slang): 1. Road. 2. Temporary site for a circus, carnival, or show. 3. Safehouse, hideout. From British Polari.
• Todd (aco, slang): Alone. Also tod. From British Polari.
• Tokhvaksekh (chiroptim, term): Death by stoning.
• Tolchock (valka, slang): Hit. From Nadsat, derived from tolchok (a push or shove).
• Toofles (valka, slang): 1. Slippers. 2. Boots. From Nadsat, derived from tuflya (slipper).
• Tovarishch (valka, slang): Russian for “friend” or “comrade”. What valka call pretty much everyone, regardless of species or gender. See also comrade.
• Tovvak (Chiroptim, term): High cyclic rate gun, usually a submachine gun.
• Trade (aco, slang): 1. Sex. 2. Sexual partner. 3. Potential sex-partner. From British Polari.
• Tricorder (human, slang): Any handheld senor, especially slates. The origin of this term has been lost to the sands of time.
• Troll (aco, slang): To look for a job or a john. From British Polari.
• Tuchis (chiroptim, slang): Buttocks.

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See Also:

• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The A’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The B’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The C’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The D’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The E’s through G’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The H’s and I’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The J’s and K’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The L’s and M’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The N’s and O’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The P’s and Q’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The R’s
• Vocabulary of the Orion Arm: The S’s

Note: Some of these terms are original, but the rest are gathered from numerous sources. This is only a partial list of these sources.

• Santa Barbara Jewish Connection: The First Words You Learn
• Military.com: Glossary of Military Terms & Slang
• Glossary of Military Terms & Slang from the Vietnam War
• Hobo Terminology
• In the 70s
• 60s Slang
• 1940s Slang: Hepcats and All That Jive
• 1930s Slang
• Sage Dragonfly – 1930’s Sayings/Slang
• Dirty 30s! – Slang of the 30s
• 1920’s & 1930’s Slang
• Life of Boris
• Molls and Dolls: 1920 Slang Dictionary
• Soomka.com – Nadsat Dictionary (reprinted from the novel “A Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess
• Wikipedia: Polari
• Wikipedia: Yiddish Words Used in English