List of terms (TOS)
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This is a listing of terms in the original series. For terms used in the re-imagined series, see List of terms (RDM).
Acronyms
- CORA: Computer, Oral Response Activated; an artificial intelligence capable of operating a Viper (The Long Patrol)
Military jargon
- "four-point peel off": a maneuver performed with a group of four Vipers (War of the Gods, Part I)
- Warrior: an all purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot
Sayings
- "like a daggit on a sunspot": fidgety; Apollo points out that Starbuck acts this way during his pre-flight meeting on destroying the mines in the Straits of Madagon (Saga of a Star World)
Other colloquialisms
- Barge Lice: a "term of endearment" for prisoners on the Prison Barge
- felgercarb: expletive, similar to "crap"
- frack: expletive, similar to "shit"
- galmonging: an expletive, possibly similiar to "asshole" or "God damned"
- plant vapors: a psychoactive drug familiar to the Colonials; Boomer comments that one of the women on Carillon was probably "smoking plant vapors" (Saga of a Star World)
- pogees: expletive, similar to "shit" (The Living Legend, Part II)
- socialator: a sex worker, escort, prostitute (Saga of a Star World)
Battlestar Galactica specific terms
- ambrosa: an expensive alcoholic intoxicant
- bio-pulse line: an unspecified body function, possibly an emotional state; Starbuck attempts to use this as an excuse to not join Apollo's mission to clear the Cylon minefield (Saga of a Star World)
- boraton: a liquid that extinguishes fires (Fire in Space)
- bureautician: bureaucrat, politician (Saga of a Star World)
- cubit: a form of coined currency
- daggit: a dog
- fumarello: a small cigar that Starbuck typically smokes
- furlon: a furlough, or short leave of absence for Warriors in the Colonial Military service (The Man with Nine Lives)
- glaiders: coined currency on Equellus (The Lost Warrior)
- grog: an intoxicating beverage, likely similar to beer
- Homemade Buzzer: a version of "moonshine" on Equellus (The Lost Warrior)
- leisuron: a vacation or leave of absence, similar to a furlon (deleted scene, "Saga of a Star World")
- lupus: a wolf-like animal
- med tech: a medical technician, such as a nurse or orderly
- mushies: a food
- officiator: someone who oversees a triad game
- plant vapors: some sort of drug, likely a reference to marijuana (Saga of a Star World)
- pluton: a radioactive material whose radiation breaks down food
- primaries: basic food groups (Saga of a Star World)
- protein: another type of food
- pyramid: a card game, similar to poker
- scanner: term for a computer monitor and telelvison set
- scorpius: likely term for a scorpion; Maga comments that Borellian Nomen have the patience of such a creature, he also comments that the name "Borellian Nomen" strike fear at the hearts of those who hear it like the scorpius (The Man with Nine Lives)
- seal: marriage
- skybus: a type of starship (Saga of a Star World)
- solium: a type of fuel
- solonite: an explosive used in demolitions (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II)
- spacedrome: a space port (Saga of a Star World)
- tape coder: a voice recording device; Thane successfully passes off a hand mine as a device (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II)
- travelator: a travel agent (Saga of a Star World)
- triad: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball
- tylium: a fuel source, highly combustible (Fire in Space)
- wardaggit: "war dog" (The Living Legend, Part I)
Measurements
- centar: an hour of Colonial time
- centon: a minute of Colonial time
- In episodes such as "Saga of a Star World" and "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I", centon was used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.
- megon: megaton
- metric: a Colonial meter
- micron: one hundreth of a centon, 0.6 seconds
- millicenton: a period of roughly 10 minutes, or 1/1000 of a secton
- radion: a Colonial unit of radiation, likley a rad
- sectar: a month of Colonial time
- secton: a week of Colonial time
- volton: Colonial unit of voltage
- wavelon: Colonial unit of wavelength
- yahren: a year of Colonial time
See also
- Battletar Galactica - Writers Guide, transcribed by Chris Pappas