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 Jun 9 2008, 10:14 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 182 Joined: 18-May 08 From: A hippo's natural habitat Member No.: 15,984  |
In multiple threads, I've seen references made to the BB, which apparently is a Shadowrun book. If I had to guess, it's probably SR4, and stands for something like the "Big Bad Book."
So, an anybody tell me what it is? |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:18 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706 |
Big Black Book, apparently in reference to the earlier edition Core books.
As this comes up at least once every other week, maybe there should be a stickied thread with a list of the acronyms & their meanings... |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:18 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:28 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 28-February 08 Member No.: 15,717 |
QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Jun 9 2008, 07:18 PM)  Big Black Book, apparently in reference to the earlier edition Core books. As this comes up at least once every other week, maybe there should be a stickied thread with a list of the acronyms & their meanings... ya totally, it will definetely help put new members of the forum. when I first join the forum I was reading a post and the BBB reference appearead several times, it was driving me crazy so I put BBB on the search engine. Turns out another guy asked the same not to long ago (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) IF I have time later, I will craete a topic with all this things so members can add what should be there too. |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:29 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 28-February 08 Member No.: 15,717 |
QUOTE (Sweaty Hippo @ Jun 9 2008, 07:14 PM) In multiple threads, I've seen references made to the BB, which apparently is a Shadowrun book. If I had to guess, it's probably SR4, and stands for something like the "Big Bad Book." So, an anybody tell me what it is? Big Bad book sounds cool too, but I think most ppl use it as "Big Black Book" |
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Jun 9 2008, 10:32 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 182 Joined: 18-May 08 From: A hippo's natural habitat Member No.: 15,984 |
Thanks for all your help, everyone!
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Jun 9 2008, 11:00 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
If your going to sticky the acronyms can some one give me the meaning of the older SR slang i can not find it in my inherited library of source books and SR3 stuff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
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Jun 9 2008, 11:05 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
The BBB is the Big Black Book, in other words, the necronomicon. Duh.
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Jun 9 2008, 11:19 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (Dumori @ Jun 10 2008, 09:00 AM) If your going to sticky the acronyms I vote No on the sticky! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) QUOTE ... can some one give me the meaning of the older SR slang i can not find it in my inherited library of source books and SR3 stuff Such as? |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:03 AM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
Back in the olden days it meant Big Blue Book... and we didn't have "FAQs" or "Erratas" - we read it in the dark... up hill both ways... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
[edit]Dumori: you might start with THIS. It never really caught on (unfortunately) but a lot of the acronyms are used frequently.[/edit] |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:40 AM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
@ Fortune
such as Chummer and frag ect. |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:42 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Chummer = Friend, companion, buddy.
Frag = Expletive that replaces the previous "F" word. What else? |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:45 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Chummer = friend/buddy/pal/etc.
Frag = fuck (not the sexual version) - also can mean kill/maim/etc. |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:46 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Sexual version has been replaced by "Jam", BTW.
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Jun 10 2008, 12:47 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 21-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 7,988 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 9 2008, 06:46 PM) Sexual version has been replaced by "Jam", BTW. I thought that it was replaced by "slot," which ironically could also mean to murder/kill? |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:51 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (bishop186 @ Jun 9 2008, 07:47 PM) I thought that it was replaced by "slot," which ironically could also mean to murder/kill? I've seen both, come to think of it. You know, I should just link the official slang guide. |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:52 AM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
Is there a page with all this slang on it in any books I have a inherited library but im not looking though the 40 ish i have for on bit of info.
never mind the post was slow in posting ( i for got to it ok) |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:54 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 10 2008, 10:46 AM) Sexual version has been replaced by "Jam", BTW. News to me. In which books is 'jam' used with that connotation in Shadowrun? |
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Jun 10 2008, 12:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 21-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 7,988 |
There's a couple pages with slang tables on them in the BBB. The hacker-related is in The Matrix section, and I'm not sure where the regular one is at. It's kind of in a random place. I think it's in the index, however.
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Jun 10 2008, 12:56 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Fortune @ Jun 9 2008, 07:54 PM) News to me. In which books is 'jam' used with that connotation in Shadowrun? Trying to remember that now. A novel or two, IIRC. Curse my weak brain and tendency to post before thinking things through! |
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Jun 10 2008, 01:08 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 22-August 03 From: Central New York Member No.: 5,531 |
Closest thing to a listing of SR slang I've seen is the one here:
http://www.intercom.net/user/logan1/glossary.htm |
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Jun 10 2008, 01:11 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Thanks Lord Malachdrim!
QUOTE Jamming v. 1. Having sex; 2. Moshing; 3. Being involved in highly dangerous, paramilitary ops. There you go! |
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Jun 10 2008, 01:14 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Didn't actually answer my question. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
It definitely isn't all that commonly used, being that it isn't included on any of the other lists of Shadowrun slang I have ever seen, including the official one you yourself linked. |
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Jun 10 2008, 01:21 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Ahhh, I see the problem.
QUOTE (Big Knoby Klub) THIS IS IT! The 2061 Slang Glossary. With its humble beginnings as a simple "2050 Glossary of Slang" [from "Into the Shadows," pp. 277-281 & Shadowrun, 1st ed (BBB), pg. 161], this compilation has grown into the 146K-Byte, hypertext monster that it is, today. (With any luck I haven't left too many dead links!) Kudos & Karma to Jes Wulfsberg Nielsen who did lots of the CP-2020 compiling muck-work and to Renegade (Phil Ward), & Pelzig, for their "Slang Guide to 2054," which included the contributions from Neal Stephenson's novel, "Snow Crash." There are words on that list that do not necessarily appear in actual Shadowrun books. There is also stuff from Cyberpunk 2020 and Snow Crash, as well as stuff submitted by websurfers visiting the page. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Jun 10 2008, 01:30 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
I think I remember the book finally! "Who Hunts the Hunter" by Nyx Smith!
Don't quote me on that, however, we're talking my brain here, but it twigged as that's where I saw it. |
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