Imperium of Man Terminology

Long story short the Imperium of Man has it's own set of names for things, many of which have analogs in the real world. Here is a list of some of said terms.

Many of these are Latin-ish, with some archaic English thrown in for good measure.

A to L

• Adept and Adepta: An official of the Adeptus Terra (the bureaucratic aparatus of the Imperium as a whole).
• Adeptus: A major organizational block in the Imperial Government.
• Auspex: Any sort of device used as an analysis or detection scanner.
• Cogitator: A computer, specifically the part that does the processing.
• Crusade: The Imperial equivalent to the Ork WAAAGH!
• Emperor's Peace: Euthanasia, or mercy killing someone mortally wounded to end their suffering,
• Enforcer: Local police forces, as opposed to the Adeptus Arbites which are the Imperium's Police Force.
• Etherics: Generic term for radar, radio and other signals intelligence equipment. Ships have a "Master of the Etherics" who handles oversees masters of the auspex and the vox.
• Frak: A child friendly swear word, we all know what it stands in for.
• Krak: Anti tank warhead, found on grenades and missiles.
• Lumen: Electric light.
• "Him on Terra", "Him" and similar usages of the masculine pronoun: The Emperor.
• Hololith, Hololithic, etc: Holograms and Holography.
• Joygirl, Joyboy, etc: Prostitutes and Sex Workers.

M to Z

• Menial: A regular working schlub, especially those employed by the Adeptus Terra. Truck drivers, janitors, canteen cooks, etc.
• Medicae: Medicine and Healthcare.
• Pict: Cameras and Video Technology, both 2D and 3D.
  • Pict-Recorder: Video Camera.
• Plastek: Plastic, pretty straightforward
• Recidivist and Recidivism: Criminal and Criminality. The IRL meaning of Recidivist is "a convicted criminal who reoffends", with the implication that everyone in the Imperium is a criminal by default and is to be treated as such. Once again, the Imperium is rather nasty.
• Rune: Button, Key or Icon.
• Rockcrete: the Imperium's equivalent to Concrete, various types exist based on local material.
• Schola: School. The Schola Progenium is a educational institution which operates on the Imperium level, but it's far from the only one.
• Servo:
• Twist: Mutant.
• Twistcatcher: Someone whose job is to hunt down mutants, so they can either be enslaved, immediately executed, executed publicly, or if they have taken action against the Imperium as revenge for their oppression, brutally tortured publically. Most commonly referring to a specific type of mutant catcher who searches the festering bowels of huge ships, looking for the mutated descendants of slaves who escaped their post into the darkest depths of the ship, devolving over generations into Ghilliams and Hullghasts. These Twostcatchers do this to re-ebslave these mutants whenever the "pure" slave stock is depleted from a disaster, although this is often seen as a last-resort, due to the disgust normal serfs feel towards their new mutant "coworkers" running the risk of inspiring a riot on the ship for the heretical act of not immediately killing the mutants.
• Vox: Audio Technology
  • Voxcaster: Field Radio.
  • Vox Hailer: Loudspeaker.
  • Vox Thief: Concealed audio recorder/audio spybug.
• Void: Space.
• Voidborn: Someone born on a Starship or Space Station.
• Xeno: Intelligent Alien. Also things of Alien origin like Eldar armor, Tau Grain, etc.

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