Farscape terminology

Terminology from the Farscape universe.

A
arn
 * An interval of time roughly equivalent to 1 Earth hour.

B
brandar tile
 * A form of currency possibly equivalent to a Credit.

boll-yotz
 * A close equivelant to "bull shit".

budong
 * A living creature, one of the biggest in the galaxy. It can be used as a mining colony when dead.

C
control collar
 * A Peacekeeper device that is used to subdue captured Leviathans. They override most key systems making the Leviathan unable to Starburst or even navigate against the Peacekeepers' wishes. It can also be used to inflict pain in order to torture rebellious Leviathans into obeying Peacekeeper orders.

credit
 * The most general term for currency in the universe.

crindar
 * The Scarran form of currency.

currency pledge
 * The official Peacekeeper currency. At one point the Peacekeeper bounty on John Crichton was reported to be an unprecedented 15 million currency pledges.

cycle
 * An interval of time roughly equivalent to 1 Earth year.

D
dench
 * A unit of length roughly equivalent to 1 inch.

dentic
 * A small larva-like creature that is used for dental hygiene. They feed off excess bacteria and food remains in the mouth and excrete a fresh "minty" flavour while they work. The creature itself has an extremely repulsive taste, ensuring that they don't get eaten after completing a cleaning session.

Diagnostic Repair Drone (DRD)
 * A device about the size of a breadbox that performs various functions aboard a Leviathan.

drannit
 * A vile, noisome, or uncouth creature

dren (slang)
 * shit

drad (slang)
 * cool

dradest (slang)
 * coolest

F
fahrbot (slang)
 * crazy; insane; demented

fekkik (slang)
 * stupid waif; naive fool; dipshit

fennik
 * A form of currency used in the Uncharted Territories (cf: German Pfennig).

frell (slang)
 * fuck (e.g "Frelling fool!")

G
Greebol (slang)
 * Nebari word for a daft, foolish, or inexperienced person.

H
hamman
 * starboard (as in the starboard, or right-hand, side of a ship)

henta
 * A unit of length roughly equivalent to 1 centimeter.

hetch
 * The universal unit for spacecraft speed used in Farscape. No reference is ever given to just how fast a hetch is, but it can be used to compare the speed of different crafts. For example, a Marauder has a top speed of hetch 7, while Moya can achieve hetch 9 on a good day. Early in the show when Moya is weakened by the brutal removal of her control collar she only manages hetch 2 by comparison. Hints throughout the series have indicated that a hetch is some degree faster than the speed of light.

hyper-rage
 * A Luxan state of mind marked by extreme violence, memory loss, and blackouts.

Hezmana
 * Hell (Luxan term)

K
kalvo
 * A Scarran unit of energy. At high levels, the energy can be harmful. For example, Kalvo Ten can kill a person.

kelvoy level
 * A system used to measure levels of energy. The Kelvoy Levels are used by Sebaceans and are similar to the Scarran Kalvo.

klance
 * The universal unit for temperature. For example, a budong's stomach is an inferno; it burns at 5000 klances.

kretma
 * A form of currency in the Uncharted Territories, more widely used than the Fennik.

L
lenart
 * A unit of weight or volume. For example, it is used to measure chromextin, a drug that was used to heal Talyn.

loomas (slang)
 * breasts

M
mallot
 * A unit of volume that may be close in size to a liter.

metra


 * A unit of length roughly equivalent to 1 kilometer.

microt
 * A length of time roughly equivalent to 1 Earth second.

milon
 * A unit of length roughly equivalent to a mile.

mivonks (slang)
 * testicles

motra
 * A unit of length equal to 1/1200 of a metra.

N
nano moment
 * A very short amount of time; a small fraction of a second.

P
parisim
 * A unit of length roughly equivalent to 2 miles.

Q
Qualta Blade: When he’s not actually using it, D'Argo carries his Qualta Blade strapped to his back for quick access. It’s a little over three feet long, is perfectly balanced, and has the added advantage of quickly converting into a pulse rifle. It once belonged to D'Argo’s grandfather who used it during the siege of Reqmek. It was the only thing that D'Argo had that his new ship would accept as the key to shut down its self destruct sequence. Throne for a Loss; Revenging Angel

S
samat
 * A unit of length roughly equivalent to a foot.

snurch
 * To borrow or take without permission.

T
thoddo
 * an unintelligent person; a dimwit

trad
 * The universal unit for power. 200 Trads is the equivalent to 80% of a Transport Pod's power capacity.

translator microbes
 * These microbes when injected into a person's bloodstream will make their way to the brain and colonize, forming a symbiotic relationship with the host. Translator microbes re-wire the brain so that an "infected" person can instantly understand almost all forms of verbal communication. They are in short the equivalent of the universal translator or babel fish of the Farscape universe.

tralk (slang)
 * whore

Traskan
 * name of an alien race

treblin
 * port (as in the port, or left-hand, side of a ship)

W
weeken
 * An interval of time roughly equivalent to 1 Earth week.

Y
yotz
 * An all purpose swear word (e.g. Rygel is constantly saying "what the yotz" or "you stupid yotz", also used in 'boll-yotz')

Z
zacron
 * Another unit of length. The Flax is 75 billion Zacrons long.

zark (slang)
 * Another curse along the Earth english translation of the curse Fuck (e.g: "Zarking asteroid! It nearly hit us!" See above, Frell).