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Addle-cove

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An idiot. “Did you hear what that Xed wizard wanted us to do?”

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Bang around

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To hang around somewhere.

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Barmy

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Insane, crazy

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Basher

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A neutral reference to a person, usually a thug or fighter.

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Berk

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A fool or loser, especially one who got himself into a mess when he should have known better.

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Birdcage

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A cell, prison, or anything that compares to it.

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Blinds

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Something impossible or hopeless. “He’ll hit the X if he tries lying to the factol.”

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Peel

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To swindle, con, or trick

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Bone-box

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One’s mouth. “Stop rattling your X” is telling a berk to lay off the threats or bragging.

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Brain-box

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A berk’s head. “Go soak your X” is a common phrase, while “He banged his fool X on it” means a berk finally figured something (obvious) out.

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Bub

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Booze, wine, or ale - usually cheap and barely drinkable.

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Bubber

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A drunk, especially if they have fallen on hard times.

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The Cage

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A common nickname for Sigil

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Cager

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A native or resident of Sigil.

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Canny

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Smart or talented.

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Conies

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Victims of the con-men or tricksters

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Cony-catchers

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Con-men, tricksters, or thieves looking for someone to peel.

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Cross-trade

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The business of thieving, or anything else illegal or shady. “A Xng scum” is a thief who’s probably angered the Mercykillers.

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Cutter

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A generic complimentary term for a person that suggests resourcefulness or daring.

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Dark

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Secret information. “Here’s the X of it,” is a way to start sharing a secret.

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Dead-book

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To be dead. “Cross me and I’ll put you in the X.”

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Deader

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A dead person

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Factotum

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A dedicated member of a faction

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Factor

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A high-ranking member of a faction.

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Factol
The leader of a faction.
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Feeding the Wyrm
Executing a prisoner. Taken from a form of execution used by the Mercykillers in Sigil.
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Garnish
A bribe.
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Ghost
A prime who visits the planes via astral spell. Since it involves little physical risk on the prime's part, it's considered cowardly by planars. Also called "cord babies."
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Give ‘em the laugh
To escape or slip through the clutches of someone.
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Go to the mazes
Planar equivalent to “Go to hell,”
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Greybeard
A sage or scholar. This term refers to the stereotypical wizened old man but can apply to any learned intellectual.
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Hipped
Stranded
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Jink
Money or coin.
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Kip
A residence or place to stay. To "call X" is to make a place a body's home, at least for a while.
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Knight of the cross-trade
A professional thief or cheat, or a term used as an insult.
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Lann
To tell or inform.
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Leatherhead
A dolt or idiot.
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Minder
A bodyguard.
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Music
A price a cutter usually doesn't want to pay, but has to anyway. “Pay the X, or you’ll never find your way out of here.”
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Namer
Low-level faction members who subscribe to the philosophy but do not perform substantial duties for the faction
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Nick
To attack, cut, or strike someone, often used in threats. “I Xed him good.”
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Out-of-town
On the Outlands (i.e, outside Sigil).
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Park your ears
To eavesdrop, spy upon, or just simply listen intently. “He Xed in the tavern to get the latest chant.”
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The chant
News, local gossip, the facts, the moods, or anything else about what's happening. "What's X?" is a common way of asking the latest news.
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Peery
Suspicious and on one's guard.
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Petitioner
The soul of a mortal who has died and reformed on the plane of his alignment and/or deity without memory of its former life. The chant goes that Xs seek to become one with their new plane.
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Pike it
A useful, all-purpose rude phrase. “Take a short stick and X.”
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Piked off
To be angry. "Once he discovers he's been peeled, he's going to be really X."
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Planar
A being not native to the prime material plane or its echoes.
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Plane-touched
The offspring of a planar native and a humanoid. Tieflings, aasimar, genasi, and cambions are types
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Planewalker
A term of respect for a cutter who is knowledgeable, experienced and capable of traveling to different planes.
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Power
A deity or god.
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Prime
The Prime Material Plane or a being who originates from there.
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Proxy
A direct and powerful servant of a power.
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Ride
An adventure, task, or undertaking. “What’s the X today, boss?”
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Scragged
Arrested or caught.
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Screed
A monotonous tirade, or someone who gives one.
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Sparkle
Specifically a diamond, but also any gem.
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Spellslinger
A wizard.
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Tumble to
To discover, understand or figure out something
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Turn stag
To betray somebody or use treachery
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Well-lanned
Connected, in-touch, or otherwise blessed with numerous friends, allies, and informants.
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Apple-chaser
Someone who’ll do anything for jink, no matter how degrading
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Bark
To give word, betray
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Before there were tieflings
A long, long time ago
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Bite the iron
To be murdered or slain in a vicious manner
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That bleeds
An exclamation of disgust
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Blek
Shit
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Blitz
To go through a portal rashly or hastily
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Bub-addled
Drunk
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Case
House where a cutter lives, has the connotation of being a nice or decent place
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Cordians
Collective name for rilmani, slaadi, and modrons - planars who are neutral (like celestials and fiends are for good and evil)
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Coster
Stall holder in The Great Bazaar - or sometimes elsewhere in Sigil
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Counting portals
Wasting time
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Cross piking
Planewalking via natural ability or teleporting without error
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Crow feeder
Executioner or assassin - one who kills for another
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Dazzle
Magic, especially flashy magic
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Doughty up
To dress up, disguise, or impersonate someone
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Flam
Useless information
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Half-a-turn back
A while ago, long enough ago to be difficult to be precise, but still in recent memory
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Hark
To listen to
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Honey-peel
Trick or con using magical charm
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Jangled up
The state of being upset and confused
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Jark
forgery or copy
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Jester
A sly or slick spy or rogue who is constantly evading the authorities or their enemies
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Kobold king
Someone who thinks they’re important but is not actually
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Ladies in waiting
Slang for the dabus
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Lay out the red carpet
Set up an ambush
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Melt
Spend (as in money)
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Walking Into the Lady’s Shadow
Willingly or knowingly walking to your death; suicide
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When the Lady Speaks
Never
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Joyward
North in the Outlands
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Soupward
East in the Outlands
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Wasteward
South in the Outlands
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Gearward
West in the Outlands

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