CAPÍTULO III. CONTEXTO ECONÓMICO Y SOCIAL
3.4. Interacción de los Conflictos Armados y las Empresas
3.4.3. Costes del Conflicto Armado en las Empresas
Cadets' Rights: A law which grants judge cadets the right to settle disputes with fellow cadets via trial by combat.
Chowderhead: Drug-addict.
Chump-Dumping: Racket where criminals trick citizens into paying for vacations. Once the citizens are aboard the holiday transport, they are ejected at high-altitude or sold into slavery, leaving the Chump-Dumpers free to spend their ill-gotten gains.
Citi-Def: Citizen Defence Force. Home guard used to supplement the judges in times of crisis.
City Block: The most common form of mass-housing in Mega-City One, with an average population of around 60,000.
Code 99 Red: Judge in Distress.
Con-Apt: Connecting Apartment. Smaller than a city block and with better facilities.
Condo: Space Condominium. Domed space colonies anchored in high orbit over Mega-City-One.
Crockshop: Home for elderly, retired citizens.
Crossway: Pedway intersection. Also called a crosslink.
D
Dredd Act of 2101: Banned all forms of animal experimentation.
Dredd Syndrome: A phobia of judges suffered by hundreds of citizens, particularly of Judge Dredd, who symbolises Mega-City One Law.
Dredd's Comportment: Multi-volume rulebook for Mega-City One judges authored by Judge Dredd; standard reading at the Academy of Drek: Garbage, rubbish. May also be used as a term of abuse towards another.
Drokk: Exclamation of surprise or anger. Similar expletives include crem, dok, grud and stom
Drugs: The highly-stressful 22nd Century has given birth to hundreds of designer drugs. The more notable include Adifax (anti-ageing serum derived from Stookie glands), Brainwipe, Chowder, Shanghai Express, Stanimene, Umpty (hyper-addictive confectionery) and Zzip. In Mega-City One, sugar and tobacco have also been outlawed.
Dult: Juve slang for an adult.
Dunk: A common pickpocket.
E
Eeziglide: Pedway conveyor-belt.
Exo-Men: Bank-robbers wearing exo-skeletal construction suits.
F
Fem-Gang: All-girl street gangs identified by their muscular physiques.
Filter: One-way exit or entrance to and from parking areas.
Flab-Fan: Follower of flab-sports.
Futsie: Victim of Future Shock Syndrome, a nervous breakdown caused by the strains of fast-paced 22nd Century life.
G
Geek: A fool or loathsome person. Other terms of abuse include bambo, flipoid gink, pencil-neck, puswad, scumsucker, spuggy and spugwit.
Graveyard Shift: Early morning period of duty (2300-0600hrs). The Sunday-Monday shift nicknamed ‘Sunday Night Fever’ is associated with the highest levels of crime for a graveyard shift.
GLOSSARY H
Heister: Armed robber.
Holding Post: Construction regularly located through Mega-City One used to detain handcuffed perps until they can be collected by a catch-wagon Hotdog Run: Cursed Earth evaluation undertaken by 12th year cadets or occasional units of rookie judges.
Hoverpark: Hover vehicle park.
J
Jimp: One who impersonates a judge for criminal purposes.
Judge‘s Code: Encrypted messaging system used by Justice Department.
Judge‘s Lane: Narrow road reserved for use by Justice Department vehicles.
Justice Central: The Grand Hall of Justice.
Juve: Pre-teen youth.
L
Lemming Syndrome: A mass compulsion for hundreds of citizens to suddenly throw themselves off tall buildings to their death.
Long Walk: Decision taken by a retired judge to take justice into the Cursed Earth or the Undercity, rather than teach at the Academy of Law.
Low-rise: Smallest Mega-City block, averaging one to two dozen storeys tall.
Lurkers: Tramps located in and around City Bottom who scavenge food and valuables from accident sites and victims of crime.
Lux-Apt: Luxury Apartment. Usually penthouse suites located at the very top of a city block.
M
MAC: Macro Analysis Computer. Justice Department’s mainframe, located within the Grand Hall of Justice. MAC can override Barney, the City Hall computer, if circumstances warrant.
Median Strip: Protective barrier separating lanes of traffic.
Mega-Web: The 22nd Century Internet. Also known as the InfoMush.
Megger: Any long-time resident of Mega-City One.
Meg-Way: Mega-City One’s largest road-network. Also known as a speedway or X-pressway.
Muggers’ Moon: A full moon. Crime rates soar under the Lunar influence.
N
Nark: Judge’s informant.
Norm: Mutant term for a normal human.
O
OAC: Old Age Citizen.
Organ-Legging: Trade in human body parts.
P
Parkarama: Ground vehicle park.Ped-Hog: Unruly pedestrian.
Pedway: Pedestrian walkway. Pedway variants include subpeds (under pedways), pipeways (enclosed pedways) and zipstrips (linking city blocks and smaller interchanges).
Peeper: Citizen who works for Justice Department, eavesdropping on other citizens with hi-tech surveillance equipment.
Perp: A criminal.
Perp-Running: Organisations paid by wanted criminals to smuggle them out of the City, beyond the reach of Justice Department.
Pinky: Ape-slang for humans.
Plascrete: Hybrid plasteenkoncrete building material.
Plasteen: Highly versatile industrial material.
Polypropylop: Inexpensive construction material refined from Mega-City waste.
Pongo: A con-man.
Prankster: Practical joker who delights in causing maximum annoyance to his fellow citizens.
Pre-Atomic: Any building constructed before the Great Atom War.
Problem Block: City blocks reserved for antisocial citizens and their families. Also known as a segregation block.
Psyker: Criminal with psi-talent.
Public Health Act of 2087: Authorises judges to destroy any property on the spot which poses a significant health risk to the environment.
Punk: Hooligan between the ages of 16-25.
GLOSSARY R
Random Physical Abuse Test: On-the-spot interrogation carried out by SJS on judges to discover any evidence of illegality.
Red-light Gang: Robbers who attack vehicles stopped at red traffic lights.
Rockcrete: Building material used in the construction of Mega-City One’s pre-atomic city blocks. Newer structures are built with plascrete.
Rumble: Fighting between rival gangs.
S
S&S: Strip and Search.
Scrawler: Graffiti artist.
Section 59c: Crime Swoop. A judge has the authority to enter the home of any citizen at any time and conduct an extensive search for illegal substances or materials.
Section 59d: Crime Blitz. An organised search by judges, with interrogation teams in attendance.
Security of the City Act of 2071 : Permits the Justice Department to undertake any action, even one normally considered immoral, if it will safeguard Mega-City One’s best interests.
Skedway: Highway also known as a flyover or overzoom. Variants include intersked (skedways junction), under- and oversked (reserved for public service traffic).
Sky-Rail: Monorail public transit-system made obsolete by the Zoom, though sections of the old network remain operational among Mega-City One’s poorer sectors.
Slab Jock: A street judge. Also referred to as a ‘helmet’.
Slabwalker: Prostitute.
Sleep Machine: The Total Relaxation Inducer is a machine which compacts a full night’s sleep into 10 minutes. Though once used extensively, the Volt Reforms saw a new emphasis on natural sleep whenever possible.
Slipzoom: Narrow highway used to enter and leave skedways for lighter traffic.
Slowster: Vehicle travelling below the minimum speed limit.
Slummy: The lowest social classification in Mega-City society, the dregs of humanity.
Spont: Spontaneous Confessor; a citizen who suffers the compulsion to confess to crimes he did not commit.
Spug: A young punk between the ages of 13-16.
Spugbug: Nuisance vid-phone callers, usually participating in the party game of the same name.
Stacker: Inexpensive, one-night stay hotels crammed with tiny sleeping quarters.
Stookie Glanding: Illegal trade in the Stookie gland, repository of the miracle anti-ageing drug Adifax.
Superslab: Meg-Way which bisects Mega-City One from north to south.
T
Tac Group: Street judge units organised under a Watch Commander.
Tap: A mugger.
U
Umpty Bagger: Criminal who pedals the drug Umpty Candy.
W
Watch Bay: A way-by where judges can sit and study their patrol route for any visible signs of crime.
Watch Commander: All sector houses are divided into three duty-shifts - A, B and C-Watch. Watch Commanders are responsible for allocating street judge resources during a particular shift.
Way-by: Parking zone set at regular intervals along the main road-networks.
Wreckers: Gangs of armed raiders who target moving vehicles along backwater skedways. Also known as street pirates.
Y
YP: Young Perp.
z
Zoom: Maglev train-system which replaced the sky-rail network in the late 21st Century.
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