LBITU - Urb Vocabulary

Takvee

A Tactical Urban Vehicle;an armored cyber-driven van

Stack box ,cube

A concrete room used for storage in the backtimes,now used by squatters as homes

Proov

A genetically improved human

3D

A holographic movie that's considered old technology compared to a mindprobe

Normal

A person who has not been genetically improved

Eden

A secure area within the Urb where proovs live

Cyber

A sophisticated computer

Latch

A subdivision of the Urb controlled by a gang

Seizure

A sudden attack the physical signs (as extreme twitching of muscles) of an episode of abnormal brain activity

Mind probes

A virtual reality experienced by mind via an electrode needle

gummy

An old person

Cancelled

Death

Mope

Dumb,lame

Urb (urban)

The area inhabited by normals

holoscape

a 3D illusion of landcape

splat gun

a deadly weapon

Latch-boss

a gang leader who controls territory in the Urb

holoquarium

a holographic image of fish swimming in water

chetty blade

a machete blade

voicewriter

a machine that converts the spoken word into text

med-tek

a medical technician; like a doctor int the backtimes

trendie

a mindprobe about life in Eden

runner

a person who carries messages illegally between the latches

deef

a person with a genetic defect

choxbar

a prepackaged food item that tastes like chocolate

cutwire

a protective device similar to barbed wire

crib

a room or home

The Pipe

a tunnel system that used to transport water

stunstik

a weapon that delivers an electric shock

googan

an idiot

zoomed

crazy

looping

participating in a probe that repeats endlessly

backtimes

the time before the Big Shake

bork off

to irritate

contributors

what proovs call their birth parents