DG
Slang
Editor's Note: various attempts have been made through
the life of the list to establish some kind of slang proper to DG operatives.
While all these attempts somehow failed, a few terms have entered the general
vocabulary through spontaneous usage. These are presented here together
with the original terms from the DG handbook (*).
23 - number
with mystical/conspiratorial
relevance
A Cell - the coordinating cell of the Delta Green
network
AI - artificial
intelligence
The Albino Fleabag - game company renowned for its angst-ridden
RPGs
Alphabet
Soup
- the US Govt. agencies and departments as a
whole
Blobs
-
shoggoths
BOYS
- Brotherhood
of the Yellow Sign
Bronson (*)- member
of MJ-12
Buzz -
the MiB Mi-Go
sidekick; any generic Mi-Go
individual
Carl
Stanford -
"all the spells in the book" kind of
wizard/cult-leader
Chasing
Rabbits - to willingly interfere with MJ-12/NRO Delta
activities
COUNTRY
CLUB (*)
- MJ-12 conference facility in Maryland, home of their
databases
Cowboy
Years - the
pre-disbanding years of Delta Green unchecked
, over-the-counter
activity
Crossing the
Border
- exceding in the use of force in the course of an operation; the basic premise
for a
Rhino
DGML - Delta Green Mailing List. An eclectic mix of
scoundrels and ne'erdowells who disseminate
secrets, truths and half-truths concerning DG.
:)
DO - Deep
One
Duck Soup -
cleanup operation
DYoSN - Dark-Young
of Shub-Niggurath
EBE
(*) -
Extraterrestrial Biological
Entity
ETs -
the
Elder
Things
Fishy - connected
with the Deep Ones
Five-O - the local
police force
FUBAR
- Fouled Up Beyond Repair
Funguys
- the Mi-Go,
the Fungi from Yuggoth
Glove Cleaner - person divulging snippets of Mythos facts to the
unaware
Gnarly - Nyarlathotep
(universal player
usage)
GOO - Great
Old One
Goth Chick
- in
the earlier days of the list, a nobody/anybody, average guy, a person not
connected with the Delta Green
universe
Green Box
- 1) back-up
equipment depot; 2) a place where DG operatives
meet, safe-house; 3) (sometimes) the Delta Green
Mailing List
Greys
(*) -
the
EBEs that contacted MJ12 in
'78
Hangar 18 (*)
-
Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base
HPL
- H. P.
Lovecraft
Hummer
-
Byakhee
Ice Cave
- DGML on-line indexed archive; you are
here
ICE CAVE
(*) -
xenobiology facility in Los Alamos, under MJ-12
control
Jerry's
Choirboys
- the Order of the Sword of St.
Jerome
Jerry's Kids
- the
Order of the Sword of St.
Jerome
Meatpile
(n. or adj.) - Used to describe a sight that is so gristly that it overwhelms
at least one of the senses instantly. Taken from the soon to be apocryphal
story recounted on the list about the warehouse cooler full of 150 tons of
rotten meat.
Men with
Gauloises
- postulated French counterpart to Delta
Green
MiB - The
Man in Black, DGML's role
model
MIB (*) -
member
of MJ-12's DELTA group
Mr Squick - the
DG list first mascotte; mentioned in connection
with highly unpleasant/perverted
practices
New Wave
- deviated, GOO-worshipping faction among the
Ghouls
A Night at
the Opera
(*) - a Delta Green
operation
9mm. Pension
Plan
- forced demise of a DG agent or friendly who's turning into a liability;
calibre can vary due to personal
tastes
Norwegian
- as an adjective, anything too public for its own
good
NWI - New
World
Industries
OSSJ
- Order of the Sword of Saint
Jerome
Paganistas
- the gentlemen at Pagan
Publishing
Playing
Zeppo -
the passive element in a cell, manning the mikes
or acting as a backup
PP - Pagan
Publishing
The Ragman - The
King in Yellow
Rhino
- A situation
that turned violent and ugly for no discernible reason. Refers to a famous
fax joke that circulated in LAPD/LASD circles soon after Darryl Gates authorized
use of a military surplus armored vehicle as a battering ram. The first three
highly publicized uses of the battering ram did not result in the capture
of any narcotics, leading the anonymous jokester to propose using drug-addled
rhinos in place of the armored
vehicle
Saucerguy
- member of
Saucerwatch
Senor Sock
- Y'golonak
or, by obvious extension, any Cultist of
Y.
Shub-Wankalot
-
any generic Mythos
deity
Sky-Devils
- the
Mi-Go
Special K
- (sometimes)
Karotechia
The
Speedwagon -
NRO Delta
St. Jude
- patron
saint of Delta Green
The Toe-tapper -
Nyarlathotep
Tome Rot
- insanity
induced by extensive perusal of Mythos
tomes
Traditionalists - orthodox, Mordiggian-worshipping
Ghouls
Wolves of Time
-
the Hounds of Tindalos
