Over the years, many terms, phrases, or expressions have evolved into a micro-language within the Imperial culture. The Aerican Empire has no complete invented language, but has gradually developed a series of words which Aericans can incorporate in their speech to make their own speech patterns more unique (and incomprehensible).
- A-hel: Open fire, continue firing, or continous firing.
- Akan: Outside. From Akaxo.
- Akaxo: Literally means alien, out-worlder. Used for any outsider.
- Aput: Semantics, several things with the same meaning, or a negligible difference.
- Boffo: A word used in prayer, interchangable with 'amen.' Literally, 'we should be so lucky.'
- Bosh: Nonsense.
- Brunt: Forward, front.
- Etlenn: An exile, or to exile.
- Etlenna: Exiled.
- Firu: Literally means "Full power". Sometimes used to mean very strong, or maximum effort.
- Fnord: "That which is not there and you have been trained not to see."
- Gasa/Genna: Void, nothingness, space.
- Gisheron: "A power gap which you could not hope to overcome in a millenium."
- Grok: To understand, become one with, or eat.
- Ich: I.
- Impir: Emperor, or ruler. Someone at the top of a chain of command.
- Misha: Honored guest.
- Opax: Weapons.
- Plaz: Place.
- Plod: A ritual greeting, accompanied by forming the right fist, raising index and middle fingers like a shadow-puppet rabbit, and moving hand in a bouncy motion from right to left.
- Roka: Inside. From Rokaxo.
- Rokaxo: Insider, member. Taken from the root Akaxo.
- Safthan: Wise man, great teacher.
- Shattenjaager: Litterally means "Hunter of Darkness". Used as a term of respect to warriors, pioneers, and heroes.
- Smeg: An expletive, used in place of impolite words. Literally means "everything negative".
- Smoo: Trouble. Generally used to imply a great deal of trouble.
- Soussan: Literally meaning "Are you okay", "are you alright", or "how are you".
- Tzo: To, too.
- Velcom: Literally "I express to joy at seeing you".
- Zoumman: Literally "may you be well". Derived from the phrase Soussan.
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