A glossary of common Albian street slang, for the use of parents and teachers

Bedswerver: a promiscuous or unfaithful person

Brutal: extremely, to excess. Also used in the traditional sense to denote violence

Chang: the street name of an illegal intoxicant produced by drying the psychedelic mushroom, Inonotus Obliquus, then ingesting in powder form, usually via smoking.

Crank: bad, also used as a profanity

Crude: good, a term of approval

Dag: excrement, used as a profanity

Dagcrank: a compound of dag and crank, used as a personal insult

Hiss: tell authority, grass, snitch.

Kilter: typical, as expected, normal

Kin: friends, gang members

Licit: legitimately, the truth

Nest: to stay somewhere, make oneself at home, often to sleep.

Numen: God or deity, used as a profane exclamation

Nyaff: a stupid, irritating or insignificant person

Off Kilter: strange, weird, bizarre

Off spec: wrong, incorrect

On spec: perfect, just right

Peerless: very, extremely, beyond comparison

Pitched: fun, humorous

Rando: denoting a person; random.

Rub up: have sex, initiate sexual activity

Savage: uncontrollable, to extremes

Sharp: cool, of high-status

Skit: coitus or sex, used as a profanity

Sleek: good-looking, attractive, applies to either gender

Sober: unstylish, unfashionable, plain.

Tang: desire, a physical feeling of sexual attraction

Tilted: intoxicated by drugs

Zen: a state of relaxed calm