List of terms (TOS)

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)
• cubit: a form of coined currency
• daggit: a dog
• fumarello: a small cigar that Starbuck typically smokes
• 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)
• lupus: a wolf-like animal
• mushies: a food
• officiator: someone who oversees a triad game
• pluton: a radioactive material whose radiation breaks down food
• 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)
• tape coder: a voice recording device; Thane successfully passes off a hand mine as a device (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II)
• triad: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball
• tylium: a fuel source, highly combustible (Fire in Space)

Measurements

• centar: an hour of Colonial time
• centon: a minute of Colonial time
• megon: megaton
• metric: a Colonial meter
• micron: one hundreth of a centon, 0.6 seconds
• radion: a Colonial unit of radiation
• 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