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• Atmo: A shortened form of the word "atmosphere".
• Backbirth: One born on a primitive or outer planet; implies naivety or stupidity.
• The Black: Slang for outer space.
• Brown Coats: A nickname for the rebels who fought against the Alliance in the Unification War, in reference to their brown duster jackets.
• (The) Core/Core planets: The central, Alliance-governed planets of the star system in which the series takes place.
• Cortex: An interplanetary information network roughly analogous to the modern-day Internet.
• Purple-bellies: A nickname for Alliance soldiers, in reference to their purple body armor.
• Shiny: An adjective roughly corresponding to modern-day "cool," "neat" or "sweet."
• Sly: An adjective meaning "homosexual", rather than the modern word "gay."
  
• U-Day: A shortened version of Unification Day
• 'Verse: A shortened form of the word "universe". Often used as modern-day English uses "the world," to encompass the scope of human existence.
• Wave: A form of two-way instant audio-video communication, similar in prevalence of usage to modern e-mail or phone calls.

• Te ma de! - "Your Mother!" or "His Mother!"
  

• Bi Zuei - "Shut up." or "Shut your Mouth"
  

• Shi ah - "Affirmative." "Yes"

• Ai ya! Hwai leh! - "Oh No, it's spoilt!", could also be "oh no, we're ruined"
  

• (Joo ta ma ya ming). Zhu Yi - "Watch your back." or "Be careful"

• Qing jing - "Come in."
  

• Ni de ma de. Tian Xia suo you de ren dou gai si - "Yo Mama! Everyone under the sky should die"

• mei mei - "little sister"
  

• Ni men dou Bi Zuei! - "Everybody shut the hell up!"
  

• kwong-chee duh - "nuts" or "that's crazy"
  

• Hoon dan! - "Jerk!" also "Bad Egg"

• Ai ya, wo mun wan leh - "We're finished."
  
• Shuh muh? - "I'm sorry?"