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Sigil Slang Flashcards

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Addle-cove

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An idiot. “Did you hear what that Xed wizard wanted us to do?”

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Bang around

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To hang around somewhere.

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Barmy

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Insane, crazy

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Basher

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A neutral reference to a person, usually a thug or fighter.

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Berk

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A fool or loser, especially one who got himself into a mess when he should have known better.

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Birdcage

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A cell, prison, or anything that compares to it.

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Blinds

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Something impossible or hopeless. “He’ll hit the X if he tries lying to the factol.”

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Peel

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To swindle, con, or trick

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Bone-box

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One’s mouth. “Stop rattling your X” is telling a berk to lay off the threats or bragging.

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Brain-box

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A berk’s head. “Go soak your X” is a common phrase, while “He banged his fool X on it” means a berk finally figured something (obvious) out.

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Bub

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Booze, wine, or ale - usually cheap and barely drinkable.

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Bubber

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A drunk, especially if they have fallen on hard times.

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The Cage

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A common nickname for Sigil

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Cager

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A native or resident of Sigil.

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Canny

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Smart or talented.

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Conies

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Victims of the con-men or tricksters

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Cony-catchers

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Con-men, tricksters, or thieves looking for someone to peel.

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Cross-trade

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The business of thieving, or anything else illegal or shady. “A Xng scum” is a thief who’s probably angered the Mercykillers.

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Cutter

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A generic complimentary term for a person that suggests resourcefulness or daring.

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Dark

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Secret information. “Here’s the X of it,” is a way to start sharing a secret.

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Dead-book

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To be dead. “Cross me and I’ll put you in the X.”

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Deader

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A dead person

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Factotum

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A dedicated member of a faction

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Factor

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A high-ranking member of a faction.

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Factol

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The leader of a faction.

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Feeding the Wyrm

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Executing a prisoner. Taken from a form of execution used by the Mercykillers in Sigil.

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Garnish

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A bribe.

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Ghost

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A prime who visits the planes via astral spell. Since it involves little physical risk on the prime’s part, it’s considered cowardly by planars. Also called “cord babies.”

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Give ‘em the laugh

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To escape or slip through the clutches of someone.

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Go to the mazes

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Planar equivalent to “Go to hell,”

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Greybeard

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A sage or scholar. This term refers to the stereotypical wizened old man but can apply to any learned intellectual.

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Hipped

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Stranded

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Jink

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Money or coin.

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Kip

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A residence or place to stay. To “call X” is to make a place a body’s home, at least for a while.

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Knight of the cross-trade

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A professional thief or cheat, or a term used as an insult.

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Lann

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To tell or inform.

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Leatherhead

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A dolt or idiot.

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Minder

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A bodyguard.

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Music

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A price a cutter usually doesn’t want to pay, but has to anyway. “Pay the X, or you’ll never find your way out of here.”

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Namer

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Low-level faction members who subscribe to the philosophy but do not perform substantial duties for the faction

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Nick

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To attack, cut, or strike someone, often used in threats. “I Xed him good.”

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Out-of-town

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On the Outlands (i.e, outside Sigil).

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Park your ears

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To eavesdrop, spy upon, or just simply listen intently. “He Xed in the tavern to get the latest chant.”

44
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The chant

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News, local gossip, the facts, the moods, or anything else about what’s happening. “What’s X?” is a common way of asking the latest news.

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Peery

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Suspicious and on one’s guard.

46
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Petitioner

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The soul of a mortal who has died and reformed on the plane of his alignment and/or deity without memory of its former life. The chant goes that Xs seek to become one with their new plane.

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Pike it

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A useful, all-purpose rude phrase. “Take a short stick and X.”

48
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Piked off

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To be angry. “Once he discovers he’s been peeled, he’s going to be really X.”

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Planar

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A being not native to the prime material plane or its echoes.

50
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Plane-touched

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The offspring of a planar native and a humanoid. Tieflings, aasimar, genasi, and cambions are types

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Planewalker

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A term of respect for a cutter who is knowledgeable, experienced and capable of traveling to different planes.

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Power

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A deity or god.

53
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Prime

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The Prime Material Plane or a being who originates from there.

54
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Proxy

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A direct and powerful servant of a power.

55
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Ride

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An adventure, task, or undertaking. “What’s the X today, boss?”

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Scragged

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Arrested or caught.

57
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Screed

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A monotonous tirade, or someone who gives one.

58
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Sparkle

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Specifically a diamond, but also any gem.

59
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Spellslinger

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A wizard.

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Tumble to

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To discover, understand or figure out something

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Turn stag

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To betray somebody or use treachery

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Well-lanned

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Connected, in-touch, or otherwise blessed with numerous friends, allies, and informants.

63
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Apple-chaser

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Someone who’ll do anything for jink, no matter how degrading

64
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Bark

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To give word, betray

65
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Before there were tieflings

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A long, long time ago

66
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Bite the iron

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To be murdered or slain in a vicious manner

67
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That bleeds

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An exclamation of disgust

68
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Blek

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Shit

69
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Blitz

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To go through a portal rashly or hastily

70
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Bub-addled

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Drunk

71
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Case

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House where a cutter lives, has the connotation of being a nice or decent place

72
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Cordians

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Collective name for rilmani, slaadi, and modrons - planars who are neutral (like celestials and fiends are for good and evil)

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Coster

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Stall holder in The Great Bazaar - or sometimes elsewhere in Sigil

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Counting portals

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Wasting time

75
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Cross piking

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Planewalking via natural ability or teleporting without error

76
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Crow feeder

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Executioner or assassin - one who kills for another

77
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Dazzle

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Magic, especially flashy magic

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Doughty up

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To dress up, disguise, or impersonate someone

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Flam

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Useless information

80
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Half-a-turn back

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A while ago, long enough ago to be difficult to be precise, but still in recent memory

81
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Hark

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To listen to

82
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Honey-peel

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Trick or con using magical charm

83
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Jangled up

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The state of being upset and confused

84
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Jark

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forgery or copy

85
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Jester

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A sly or slick spy or rogue who is constantly evading the authorities or their enemies

86
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Kobold king

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Someone who thinks they’re important but is not actually

87
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Ladies in waiting

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Slang for the dabus

88
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Lay out the red carpet

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Set up an ambush

89
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Melt

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Spend (as in money)

90
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Walking Into the Lady’s Shadow

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Willingly or knowingly walking to your death; suicide

91
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When the Lady Speaks

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Never

92
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Joyward

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North in the Outlands

93
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Soupward

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East in the Outlands

94
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Wasteward

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South in the Outlands

95
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Gearward

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West in the Outlands

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