Salvager - A person who earns money from recovering items of value from the ruins.Scab - In normal parlance, a reference to strikebreakers, used in a fashion synonymous with slave, particularly within The Pitt and the Capital Wasteland.Used by those who consider themselves more civilized to refer to the often nomadic groups of people who have chosen to return to more primitive methods of surviving in the wasteland. Savage - Wild, uncultivated, lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings.Raider(s) - A person who raids settlements, often for selfish gain.Also a polite way of referring to a scavenger. Prospector - A person seeking resources for mining.Old World - The world before the Great War.created by the nuclear obliteration of the pre-War location known as the West Tek research facility. to a lesser extent, due to being immunized by an airborne strain of F.E.V. First coined by Lou Tenant, this terminology is based around the theory that many humans are affected by F.E.V. Its usage is isolated to the Unity and Children of the Cathedral. Therefore, sub terms like "prime human" are pleonasms and synonyms. 2) "Normal" - which is a slang term for human not, or not perceived to be, mutated (especially/specifically by radiation). Prime, Prime normal - A combination of two concepts: 1) "Prime" - by definition: of first importance main.First coined by the Master, the Master and the Enclave's personal viewpoint and ideology on the post-War state of humanity and their genetics. Pure-strain - Genetically pure humans untainted and/or untouched by radiation, used by the Unity and the Children of the Cathedral.Normal(s), normies, norms - These terms are used to describe someone who is or perceived to be non-mutated.The offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Mutie - Slang term for a mutant, usually used in a derogatory fashion.Lurk - Mirelurk, Nukalurk, swamplurk, lakelurk.Jethead, Jet-head - Derogatory term for people who've become hopelessly addicted to Jet.Jet fumes - The distinctive odor from someone who has been using too much Jet.Jetting, Jetted - Euphemisms for being high on Jet.Humanoid - Having human form or characteristics.Highwaymen - One who robs on the public road, or lurks in the highway for the purpose of robbing, such as a raider or bandit.Great War - The name given to the nuclear war of October 23, 2077.Brain-eaters - Derogatory terms for ghouls.Analogous to the phrase "nickel and diming". Bottlecapping - to slowly but surely drain someone's finances through small, mounting, charges.Big Empty - Colloquial term used by wastelanders to refer to the Big Mountain Research and Development Center and loathed by the Think Tank of Big MT.8.8 The Church of the Children of Atom and Apostles of the Eternal Light.
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