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* "For the glory of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)#Caprica|Caprica]]": saying used by the Colonials, particularly those from Caprica ([[Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II]]). | |||
* "Go rust yourself": Colonial equivalent to "go fuck yourself", typically used towards Cylons; Cadet [[Cree]] says this to [[Vulpa]] while the Cylons interrogate him ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]) | * "Go rust yourself": Colonial equivalent to "go fuck yourself", typically used towards Cylons; Cadet [[Cree]] says this to [[Vulpa]] while the Cylons interrogate him ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]) | ||
Revision as of 02:51, 18 January 2007
This is a listing of terms in the original series. For terms used in the re-imagined series, see List of terms (RDM).
Acronyms[edit]
- CORA: Computer, Oral Response Activated; an artificial intelligence capable of operating a Viper (The Long Patrol)
Military jargon[edit]
- "four-point peel off": a maneuver performed with a group of four Vipers (War of the Gods, Part I)
- "maximum G-climb": a maneuver done near a celestial body, which may cause the pilot to blackout; Starbuck orders C.O.R.A. to perform this maeuver, which causes the pursuing Raider to crash into the loading docks on Proteus (The Lost Warrior)
- "stand alert": Colonial term for "attention" (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- "stripped and moduled": a consequence of severe infractues in military law, likely similar to being stripped of one's rank and thrown in hack; Greenbean expresses a fear of this happening as Giles asks where he got the alcohol from (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- Warrior: an all purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot
Sayings[edit]
- "For the glory of Caprica": saying used by the Colonials, particularly those from Caprica (Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II).
- "Go rust yourself": Colonial equivalent to "go fuck yourself", typically used towards Cylons; Cadet Cree says this to Vulpa while the Cylons interrogate him (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I)
- "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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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)
- breather: term for a breathing mask, or a life support system supplying air (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- bureautician: bureaucrat, politician (Saga of a Star World)
- carbide: a likely term for carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- crawlon: a spider (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- cubit: a form of coined currency
- daggit: a dog
- death stone: tombstone (The Long Patrol)
- 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)
- geogram: a diagram; Ravashol shows Apollo a geogram of the pulsar with instructions on how to destroy it (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II)
- 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)
- ion vapors: likely term referring to the trail of a turbo engine (The Long Patrol)
- isoldin: a type of intravenous fluid given to patients (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- leisuron: a vacation or leave of absence, similar to a furlon (deleted scene, "Saga of a Star World")
- lupus: a wolf-like animal
- mega star: a star; in a deleted scene, Omega reports of the "mega star" they detect as they leave the magnetic void (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II)
- mega sun: a star; the Nomen come from the "land of the mega sun" (The Man with Nine Lives)
- med tech: a medical technician, such as a nurse or orderly
- mushies: a food
- officiator: someone who oversees a triad game
- oviner: a rancher (The Lost Warrior)
- 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 (Saga of a Star World)
- pods: a Cylon outpost (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- primaries: basic food groups (Saga of a Star World)
- protein: another type of food
- pyramid: a card game, similar to poker
- quadrant: a term for solar system
- 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)
- sleep period: Colonial term for bedtime
- 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)
- turboflush: a toilet (Greetings from Earth)
- turboram thruster: a type of engine or thruster; in a deleted scene where Serina completes her first landing, Serina turns off this part of the Colonial shuttle as a part of her landing sequence (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- turboshower: a shower (Murder on the Rising Star)
- 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[edit]
- 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
- metron: a unit of measurement, used in a deleted scene as Serina approaches the starboard landing bay (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II); likely similar to a meter, which is known as a "metric" in other episodes
- microcenton: likely another term for "micron"; Starbuck uses this term when he says "switching off of you for a microcenton to scan ahead" (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II)
- 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[edit]
- Battletar Galactica - Writers Guide, transcribed by Chris Pappas