Sigil Slang Flashcards
Addle-cove
An idiot. “Did you hear what that Xed wizard wanted us to do?”
Bang around
To hang around somewhere.
Barmy
Insane, crazy
Basher
A neutral reference to a person, usually a thug or fighter.
Berk
A fool or loser, especially one who got himself into a mess when he should have known better.
Birdcage
A cell, prison, or anything that compares to it.
Blinds
Something impossible or hopeless. “He’ll hit the X if he tries lying to the factol.”
Peel
To swindle, con, or trick
Bone-box
One’s mouth. “Stop rattling your X” is telling a berk to lay off the threats or bragging.
Brain-box
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.
Bub
Booze, wine, or ale - usually cheap and barely drinkable.
Bubber
A drunk, especially if they have fallen on hard times.
The Cage
A common nickname for Sigil
Cager
A native or resident of Sigil.
Canny
Smart or talented.
Conies
Victims of the con-men or tricksters
Cony-catchers
Con-men, tricksters, or thieves looking for someone to peel.
Cross-trade
The business of thieving, or anything else illegal or shady. “A Xng scum” is a thief who’s probably angered the Mercykillers.
Cutter
A generic complimentary term for a person that suggests resourcefulness or daring.
Dark
Secret information. “Here’s the X of it,” is a way to start sharing a secret.
Dead-book
To be dead. “Cross me and I’ll put you in the X.”
Deader
A dead person
Factotum
A dedicated member of a faction
Factor
A high-ranking member of a faction.
Factol
The leader of a faction.
Feeding the Wyrm
Executing a prisoner. Taken from a form of execution used by the Mercykillers in Sigil.
Garnish
A bribe.
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.”
Give ‘em the laugh
To escape or slip through the clutches of someone.
Go to the mazes
Planar equivalent to “Go to hell,”
Greybeard
A sage or scholar. This term refers to the stereotypical wizened old man but can apply to any learned intellectual.
Hipped
Stranded
Jink
Money or coin.
Kip
A residence or place to stay. To “call X” is to make a place a body’s home, at least for a while.
Knight of the cross-trade
A professional thief or cheat, or a term used as an insult.
Lann
To tell or inform.
Leatherhead
A dolt or idiot.
Minder
A bodyguard.
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.”
Namer
Low-level faction members who subscribe to the philosophy but do not perform substantial duties for the faction
Nick
To attack, cut, or strike someone, often used in threats. “I Xed him good.”
Out-of-town
On the Outlands (i.e, outside Sigil).
Park your ears
To eavesdrop, spy upon, or just simply listen intently. “He Xed in the tavern to get the latest chant.”
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.
Peery
Suspicious and on one’s guard.
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.
Pike it
A useful, all-purpose rude phrase. “Take a short stick and X.”
Piked off
To be angry. “Once he discovers he’s been peeled, he’s going to be really X.”
Planar
A being not native to the prime material plane or its echoes.
Plane-touched
The offspring of a planar native and a humanoid. Tieflings, aasimar, genasi, and cambions are types
Planewalker
A term of respect for a cutter who is knowledgeable, experienced and capable of traveling to different planes.
Power
A deity or god.
Prime
The Prime Material Plane or a being who originates from there.
Proxy
A direct and powerful servant of a power.
Ride
An adventure, task, or undertaking. “What’s the X today, boss?”
Scragged
Arrested or caught.
Screed
A monotonous tirade, or someone who gives one.
Sparkle
Specifically a diamond, but also any gem.
Spellslinger
A wizard.
Tumble to
To discover, understand or figure out something
Turn stag
To betray somebody or use treachery
Well-lanned
Connected, in-touch, or otherwise blessed with numerous friends, allies, and informants.
Apple-chaser
Someone who’ll do anything for jink, no matter how degrading
Bark
To give word, betray
Before there were tieflings
A long, long time ago
Bite the iron
To be murdered or slain in a vicious manner
That bleeds
An exclamation of disgust
Blek
Shit
Blitz
To go through a portal rashly or hastily
Bub-addled
Drunk
Case
House where a cutter lives, has the connotation of being a nice or decent place
Cordians
Collective name for rilmani, slaadi, and modrons - planars who are neutral (like celestials and fiends are for good and evil)
Coster
Stall holder in The Great Bazaar - or sometimes elsewhere in Sigil
Counting portals
Wasting time
Cross piking
Planewalking via natural ability or teleporting without error
Crow feeder
Executioner or assassin - one who kills for another
Dazzle
Magic, especially flashy magic
Doughty up
To dress up, disguise, or impersonate someone
Flam
Useless information
Half-a-turn back
A while ago, long enough ago to be difficult to be precise, but still in recent memory
Hark
To listen to
Honey-peel
Trick or con using magical charm
Jangled up
The state of being upset and confused
Jark
forgery or copy
Jester
A sly or slick spy or rogue who is constantly evading the authorities or their enemies
Kobold king
Someone who thinks they’re important but is not actually
Ladies in waiting
Slang for the dabus
Lay out the red carpet
Set up an ambush
Melt
Spend (as in money)
Walking Into the Lady’s Shadow
Willingly or knowingly walking to your death; suicide
When the Lady Speaks
Never
Joyward
North in the Outlands
Soupward
East in the Outlands
Wasteward
South in the Outlands
Gearward
West in the Outlands
