List of Meridonian terms

This is a list of terms commonly used in Meridon or by people or Meridonian origin, including formal, semi-formal and slang terminology, in English. This list is incomplete and may be updated over time.

• Tannie, Tanner, Tango- Perjorative term for Tangaran people.
• Merrie- Someone or something from Meridon, used as a denonym.
• Sunny or sunny officer- refers to Junior officers in the Meridon Defense Forces, usually of the grade of captain or lower, due to the resemblance of their rank insignia to stylized suns, or to the shiny nature of their insignia representing a lack of experience.
• Northshore- refers to an item with significant quality.
• Cherry or Cheri- general term for an adult woman, or rarely a teenager, deriving from the French term cherie.
• Sweep- to complete a task with relative ease.
• Terrie, Terry- most accurately, someone serving as a soldier with the Territorial Forces, or sometimes referring to any soldier.
• Piss, grog, booze- alcohol, normally referring to beer, whiskey, moonshine, or rum; drinks frequented by working-class men. Does not normally refer to 'finer' drinks like wine, champagne, etc. Piss can also refer to a number of other terms.
• Airpy- airport.
• Bush, backs or outback- slang for wilderness or sparsely-inhabited rural areas.
• Piss- a slang word used in a number of sayings with a variety of meanings, generally infers a crude/vulgar connotation. eg. "Take the piss", meaning to rib or tease without intent of offense; "it's pissing hard" meaning it is raining intensely; "that's piss" meaning a poor, unfortunate, or unfair situation.
• Oath- 'that's true' or 'that's right'.
• Drinko or twist- a prolonged session of consuming alcoholic beverages, as opposed to a singular consumption or limited consumption during a meal.
• Smoko, puffo, drago dragging- To smoke a cigarette or cigar.
• Skunk- marijuana, most commonly referring to the act of smoking a blunt (eg. dragging a skunk).
• Ute or Utey- utility pickup truck.
• Fair go- a reasonable chance, fair treatment, an honest attempt.
• Rab or rabbo- to be incensed or angry, often unreasonably so, from the word "rabid" (eg. "He's gone rab" or "He's a rabbo")
• Spinleaf- term referring to a vehicle, or less commonly to any piece of machinery, as useless, damaged beyond repair, or ridiculous. Originally referred to aircraft designs of the early 20th century where experimentation and failed prototypes (that often ended in injury and death) were common.
• Tight- of a person, being athletic, muscular or toned; or to be neat and presentable in appearance. More recently being used as a term expressing approval of something (eg. "That's tight".)
• Veelas- to act in a carefree and laid-back manner (eg. "She's living veelas.") Derives from the French phrase vie du laisser, roughly translating to "life of letting (things happen). Someone who acts in this manner can be referred to as a veelasser.
• Passie- homeless person, beggar. Generally carries more positive connotations than vag.
• Vag- more perjorative term to refer to a homeless person, beggar, vagrant, or hobo, deriving from the term vagrant.
• Feddie, Fredder, Fed- Of something or someone, belonging to the Federal Government of Meridon or one of its agencies.
• Sailies- A sailor uniform, normally referring to a common school uniform utilized in Meridonian schools, but sometimes used jokingly or perjoratively to the naval uniforms from which they derived.
• Plug or plugger- contraceptive or prophalactic devices or substances.
• Toot, tooto or tooter- idiot, imbecile, moron.
• Mardhead- an insult roughly translating to 'shithead' or 'asshole'.
• Maude- Less-common form of 'damn', particularly used by French communities.
• Pumpo- insult similar to 'jerkoff' or 'dickhead'.
• Lark or Larker- snitch, tattle-tail.
• Cut- to attempt something. (eg. "Have a cut at it" or "good cut".)
• Turn out- to leave or depart.
• Sandy- of a person, to be abrasive, agitated, rude or discourteous.
• Bevdrive or Bev drive- Drunk driving.
• Line- phone number. To 'drop on' someone's line is to call their phone number.
• Hoochie or Hooch- a tarpaulin. Its name derives from the Korean word for house, uchi- what Meridonian soldiers in the Great War referred to their bivouac shelters as.