Minkowskan English - Revision history

Peel: /* Academic */

2011-12-16T01:52:09Z

Academic

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	:'''Hanger On:''' A foreign student paying for an education in a Minkowskan university. Widely regarded as pampered and not truly qualified, but also often found as the nucleus of a het.		:'''Hanger On:''' A foreign student paying for an education in a Minkowskan university. Widely regarded as pampered and not truly qualified, but also often found as the nucleus of a het.
	:'''Het:''' Colloq., see 'Heterodoxy'.		:'''Het:''' Colloq., see 'Heterodoxy'.
	:'''Heterodoxy:''' A form of social unit in Minkowskan universities. Heterodoxies, or 'hets' adopt one or more contrarian or imaginative positions and attempt to defend and develop them against the weight of the orthodoxy. The hets are staunchly defended by the Technocracy as a way of ~~overcoming~~ ingrained conservatism, but are held in deep suspicion by the church hierarchy and the intelligence services.		:'''Heterodoxy:''' A form of social unit in Minkowskan universities. Heterodoxies, or 'hets' are small groups of students that adopt one or more contrarian or imaginative positions and attempt to defend and develop them against the weight of the orthodoxy. The hets are staunchly defended by the Technocracy as a way of counteracting ingrained conservatism, but are held in deep suspicion by the church hierarchy and the intelligence services.

	===Drones===		===Drones===

Peel: /* Academic */

2011-12-16T01:51:04Z

Academic

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	:'''Glitterati:''' A term of wistful resentment used by Minkowskan theoengineers and hyperanthropologists to refer to their far more prestigious colleagues in the Inner Sphere.		:'''Glitterati:''' A term of wistful resentment used by Minkowskan theoengineers and hyperanthropologists to refer to their far more prestigious colleagues in the Inner Sphere.
	:'''Hanger On:''' A foreign student paying for an education in a Minkowskan university. Widely regarded as pampered and not truly qualified, but also often found as the nucleus of a het.		:'''Hanger On:''' A foreign student paying for an education in a Minkowskan university. Widely regarded as pampered and not truly qualified, but also often found as the nucleus of a het.
			:'''Het:''' Colloq., see 'Heterodoxy'.
	:'''Heterodoxy:''' A form of social unit in Minkowskan universities. Heterodoxies, or 'hets' adopt one or more contrarian or imaginative positions and attempt to defend and develop them against the weight of the orthodoxy. The hets are staunchly defended by the Technocracy as a way of overcoming ingrained conservatism, but are held in deep suspicion by the church hierarchy and the intelligence services.		:'''Heterodoxy:''' A form of social unit in Minkowskan universities. Heterodoxies, or 'hets' adopt one or more contrarian or imaginative positions and attempt to defend and develop them against the weight of the orthodoxy. The hets are staunchly defended by the Technocracy as a way of overcoming ingrained conservatism, but are held in deep suspicion by the church hierarchy and the intelligence services.

Peel: /* Idioms */

2011-12-14T22:22:33Z

Idioms

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	===Idioms===		===Idioms===
	:'''Is it light or sound?:''' Is it relevant/interesting/comprehensible to everyone, or only to a single person or small group? From Apogee Deneb Mesa's (in)famous tract of the same name ~~on Minkowski Transcendentalism after the Breakdown~~.		:'''Is it light or sound?:''' Is it relevant/interesting/comprehensible to everyone, or only to a single person or small group? From Apogee Deneb Mesa's (in)famous tract of the same name.

Peel: /* Dictionary */

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Dictionary

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	:'''Spinner:''' Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.		:'''Spinner:''' Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.
	:'''Spun:''' Having difficulty adjusting to zero-g.		:'''Spun:''' Having difficulty adjusting to zero-g.
	:'''Squat:''' A ~~Sarrevan~~ (derog.).		:'''Squat:''' A Chathamer (derog.).
	:'''Swim:''' An unprotected or weakly-protected spacewalk. Still occasionally used for aquatic immersion, but this sense is archaic. See ''bath''.		:'''Swim:''' An unprotected or weakly-protected spacewalk. Still occasionally used for aquatic immersion, but this sense is archaic. See ''bath''.
	:'''Void Sickness:''' Hallucinations and stress arising from long periods of isolation in space.		:'''Void Sickness:''' Hallucinations and stress arising from long periods of isolation in space.
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	===Idioms===		===Idioms===
	:'''Is it light or sound?:''' Is it relevant/interesting/comprehensible to everyone, or only to a single person or small group? From Apogee Deneb's (in)famous tract of the same name on Minkowski Transcendentalism after the Breakdown.		:'''Is it light or sound?:''' Is it relevant/interesting/comprehensible to everyone, or only to a single person or small group? From Apogee Deneb Mesa's (in)famous tract of the same name on Minkowski Transcendentalism after the Breakdown.

Peel: /* Idioms */

2011-12-14T03:49:29Z

Idioms

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	===Idioms===		===Idioms===
	:'''Is ~~that~~ light or sound?:''' Is ~~that something~~ relevant/interesting/comprehensible to everyone, or only to a single person or small group? From Apogee Deneb's (in)famous tract of the same name on Minkowski Transcendentalism after the Breakdown.		:'''Is it light or sound?:''' Is it relevant/interesting/comprehensible to everyone, or only to a single person or small group? From Apogee Deneb's (in)famous tract of the same name on Minkowski Transcendentalism after the Breakdown.

Peel: /* Military & Technology */

2011-12-14T03:22:40Z

Military & Technology

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	:'''Barge:''' A ship with a one-shot FTL drive, typically used for landing actions.		:'''Barge:''' A ship with a one-shot FTL drive, typically used for landing actions.
	:'''Cannon:''' A large electrothermal gun.		:'''Cannon:''' A large electrothermal gun.
	:'''Gyro:''' A ~~small arm~~ with self-propelled ammunition.		:'''Gyro:''' A smallarm with self-propelled ammunition.
	:'''Pleasure Yacht:''' A high-tech Core or ZOCU ship.		:'''Pleasure Yacht:''' A high-tech Core or ZOCU ship.
	:'''Sungun:''' A human-made plasma cannon.		:'''Sungun:''' A human-made plasma cannon.

Peel: /* Drones */

2011-12-14T03:22:17Z

Drones

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	:'''Cow:''' A worker drone.		:'''Cow:''' A worker drone.
	:'''Dronefire:''' The light of plasma (or particle) cannon fire at a distance.		:'''Dronefire:''' The light of plasma (or particle) cannon fire at a distance.
	:'''Dronefucker:''' ~~A person tediously obsessed with~~ Velan alife.		:'''Dronefucker:''' An enthusiast of Velan alife (derog.).
	:'''Dronesong:''' The sound of drone transmissions parsed through human comm standards.		:'''Dronesong:''' The sound of drone transmissions parsed through human comm standards.
	:'''Dust:''' Velan or posthuman nanomachines.		:'''Dust:''' Velan or posthuman nanomachines.

Peel at 03:21, 14 December 2011

2011-12-14T03:21:03Z

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	:'''Nirvana:''' The highest world, with connotations of being considered spiritually.		:'''Nirvana:''' The highest world, with connotations of being considered spiritually.
	:'''Providence:''' Manifestation of God's nature in the lower corrupted worlds.		:'''Providence:''' Manifestation of God's nature in the lower corrupted worlds.

			===Idioms===
			:'''Is that light or sound?:''' Is that something relevant/interesting/comprehensible to everyone, or only to a single person or small group? From Apogee Deneb's (in)famous tract of the same name on Minkowski Transcendentalism after the Breakdown.

Peel: /* Academic */

2011-10-06T04:08:22Z

Academic

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	===Academic===		===Academic===
	:'''[[Arcanist]]:''' A person who believes that the salvation of Minkowski, the League or all humanity can be found in one or more abandoned paper projects from the 2170s.		:'''[[Magnate War Arcana \| Arcanist]]:''' A person who believes that the salvation of Minkowski, the League or all humanity can be found in one or more abandoned paper projects from the 2170s.
	:'''Glitterati:''' A term of wistful resentment used by Minkowskan theoengineers and hyperanthropologists to refer to their far more prestigious colleagues in the Inner Sphere.		:'''Glitterati:''' A term of wistful resentment used by Minkowskan theoengineers and hyperanthropologists to refer to their far more prestigious colleagues in the Inner Sphere.
	:'''Hanger On:''' A foreign student paying for an education in a Minkowskan university. Widely regarded as pampered and not truly qualified, but also often found as the nucleus of a het.		:'''Hanger On:''' A foreign student paying for an education in a Minkowskan university. Widely regarded as pampered and not truly qualified, but also often found as the nucleus of a het.

Peel: /* Academic */

2011-10-06T04:07:37Z

Academic

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	===Academic===		===Academic===
	:'''Arcanist:''' A person who believes that the salvation of Minkowski, the League or all humanity can be found in one or more abandoned paper projects from the 2170s.		:'''[[Arcanist]]:''' A person who believes that the salvation of Minkowski, the League or all humanity can be found in one or more abandoned paper projects from the 2170s.
	:'''Glitterati:''' A term of wistful resentment used by Minkowskan theoengineers and hyperanthropologists to refer to their far more prestigious colleagues in the Inner Sphere.		:'''Glitterati:''' A term of wistful resentment used by Minkowskan theoengineers and hyperanthropologists to refer to their far more prestigious colleagues in the Inner Sphere.
	:'''Hanger On:''' A foreign student paying for an education in a Minkowskan university. Widely regarded as pampered and not truly qualified, but also often found as the nucleus of a het.		:'''Hanger On:''' A foreign student paying for an education in a Minkowskan university. Widely regarded as pampered and not truly qualified, but also often found as the nucleus of a het.