Ass Lamprey: a kiss ass, suck up, boot licker, etc.

Avery Spot, The: The very worse possible place to be.

Backpack: An earth caster who stays behind a fighter to cast healing and protectives.

Bandaid: A rogue, figher, or mage with a small earth pyramid.

Baneball: As Marenthan Poker, but you cannot fold unless you're beaten on the table. Also called, "Chivalry Poker" from the tenet, "Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy."

Battle Caster: A celestial or earth caster who fights in the front lines and refuses to hide behind the fighters.

Berzerker Brownies: A reference that will annoy Portia to no end, but amuse the rest of us Marenthans.

Broken Caster: A scholar who has picked up a weapon skill and then forgets to cast in battles.

Cheese: To go against the spirit of the rules, but not necessarily break them. Cheesing is frowned upon. Can also be used as a noun.

Chewies: Monsters that are hard to kill.

Clam Bake: A meeting of the Convocation of Sorcerer Kings.

Covey: a group of County folks.

Creamy Nugat Center: Wherever the healers are in a battle formation.

Crunchies: monsters that are relatively easy to kill.

Derth: a "group" of Ducal nobles. There are currently only 2.

Donut: An expression referring to a lame person. Newbies aren't donuts; it usually refers to somebody who should have known better. It has been published that the expression comes from somebody saying, "I eat donuts like you for breakfast." Untrue. Todd Rautenberg (the infamous Lord Meeeeeeeeeejar) came up with it. It means the person is a big fat zero.

Doom Slay: A critical slay with a damage call of "64 magic."

Fangomancy: Magic by means of odd facial contortions and gestures.

Floon: The measure of your gaming karma. When you're all psyched to play or run a game, your floon is high. When you can't figure out why, for the life of you, you keep participating in such an inane hobby, your floon is low. For people who run games in various ways, the quality of what you run usually stems directly from the measure of your floon.

Full Boat: Having all spell protectives on you.

Gakked: Killed.

Geek: n. a person who plays NERO. v the act of talking about NERO or in character while not at an event.

Genesis Effect, The: What happens after a horrific battle when a healer Lifes another healer, who in turn Lifes more people and another healer, who in turn Lifes more people and another healer, and so on.

Gnome Dance, The: Amaris' last ditch effort to get a laugh.

Grimal'jzharism: mixing metaphors. Example: "That is like putting the cart before the chickens they are hatched."

Kacked: Killed.

Kill Me Trolls: crunchies that come out at 4am just for Jera to kill.

Levels of Evil: The perils that Tyrangel faces can be broken up into different levels of evil. Minor evil is Puppy-kickin' Evil. Worse than that is Mama-slappin' Evil. Then, Lich-makin' Evil, and, finally, the ultimate Evil is Kitten-eatin' Evil.

Marentha Poker: A seven-card stud derivation. Jokers, 3s and 9s are wild. If you're dealt a 3 face up, you must match the pot or fold. If you're dealt a 4 face up, you may pay in the minimum amount to receive an extra face down card. Also called, "Baseball."

Marenthan Wine: coffee.

Murder: a group of Marenthans.

NERO Standard Time: anywhere from 1 to 2 hours after the announced starting time of any game function.

Newbie: Someone who is new to NERO, generally with less than a year of experience.

Noonah: Phenomenal cosmic power. Noonah is usually earned by rubbing the belly of a powerful NPC.

Norking: Hiding your entire body behind a shield without allowing a legal target. Officially called "Turtling." Named for the person who made the anti-turtling rule necessary, Nork.

Pez Dispencer: An Earth Caster who only casts healing and protectives and does not cast offensively. (Dallas)

Privateer: A pirate who pays his taxes.

Puffer: someone who learns just enough alchemy to throw gases, but cares nothing for the art itself.

Raunch City: aka 4am at the Healers' Guild. Silly hour when the PG-13 rating gets thrown out the window.

Ret-Con: Retroactive Continuity. Changing your character history to fit your present needs. Happens a lot in comics.

Rolled: Defeated. To roll someone is to beat them down, usually by surprise.

Rub the Belly: When a PC sucks up to a powerful NPC on a quest for power.

Sarcasm: Marentha's main form of humor, not just where you throw them.

Sessuar Emporium: also known as the Sessuar Imperium. Where you go to get your Enslavement gases.

Shabba: See Noonah. Also used as a verb.

Slipped on a Bar of Soap: What happens to PCs that piss off other PCs that are much more powerful than themselves. (Dallas)

Spanked: Soundly defeated.

Sparker: a rogue, fighter, or healer with a small amout of celestial spells.

Sword & Board: Sword and shield, the one true weapon style.

Tapped: Most commonly, out of spells. Can also be used to describe being out of Slays, Dodges, or ability to roleplay.

Tribute: What a privateer calls his "taxes."

Troop: a group of Thorneberries.

Wealth: a grouping of Wulfshire.

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