I need a quick bit of help.

Discussion in 'Setting Development' started by mootz, May 14, 2012.

  1. Word Dancer

    Word Dancer New Member

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    Some play on an existing word maybe, delicate, feeble, frail, shallow, forceless.
    I had a similar problem coming up for a name for a group of people in a sci-fi story, although it wasn't a slur. I usually go to the thesaurus, on or offline and look up words that might fit. Also they don't always have to be directly accurate, maybe just subtly so.
     
  2. Complex

    Complex New Member

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    Just call them 'Ancients' or 'Ancestors' and use a clever trick to turn it into 'the Anni' or the 'Cien' or something like that. It doesn't have to be a recognizable English word, and most slurs are typically an alteration. If the difference is physical strength or 'powers' then something which used to be an 'honor' could be warped into an insult. A simple system would be that the 'true humans' were the common ancestor, but their time in the sun has passed, an old honorific becomes a curse and identifying tag so that even recently borne 'Cien' are seen as inferior. For society purposes Cien could be marginalized by lack of ability.
     
  3. Justin Richards

    Justin Richards New Member

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    If they don't think too highly of humans what about putting them on the level of an animal. You could call them 'Porkers' or 'Meatbags'. Stains or Stainers could work as well.
     
  4. Madman

    Madman Life is Sacred Contributor

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    Here are some quick ones!
    Peasantbloods
    Waterbags
    Slaveminds
    Glass-spines
    Dirtskins
    Filfthbags
    Sun-squatters
    Greedhunters
    Mindfools
    Manatics
    Uhhh...
    Wormbreeders
    ...
    Ilkminds
    ...
    Nopes no more...
     

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