I once wrote of my plans for writing a role-playing game.
I’ve been really writing it, in an attempt to fill it to the brim with the campaign setting, the bestiary, the rules – along with some setting-specific plug-ins and a whole bunch of neat stuff. The editing and artwork are still a long way to go, but would you want to game in a setting world which is coloured by the following glossary?
The Glossary of Duckpocalypse
This is a list of common slang words used by the English-speaking survivors of Duckpocalypse. Slangs in other languages are also used widespread, but are not included here.
Alphas – Captains of Duckhunter teams
Anatids – Ducks
Angels – Duckhunters affected by positive Gutierrez-Spears Mutation
Ayles – Aylesbury Ducks
Balis – Bali Ducks
Base Camps – Encampments
Big Birds – Muscovy Ducks
Big Dogs – Captains of Duckhunter teams
Birdwatchers – Ornithologists, usually active in post-Duckpocalypse research
Blues – Blue Ducks
Bombers – Female Black-bellied Whistling Ducks with egg
Bouncers – Harlequin Ducks
Calls – Call Ducks
Cutters – Crested Ducks, mainly used by Americans
Demons – Duckhunters affected by negative Gutierrez-Spears Mutation
Doormen – Common Mergansers
Dragons – Call Ducks
Duckpocalypse – The exact time ducks changed, post- suffix for after and pre-suffix for before
Elmers – Duckhunters
Fakers – Mandarin Ducks
Fixers – Ducktech Engineers
Furies – Worshippers of the cartoon character Dudley Drake
Gansers – Common Mergansers
Ghosts – Aylesbury Ducks
Giants – Muscovy Ducks
Goblins – Duckhunters affected by negative Gutierrez-Spears Mutation
Grapevine – Communication officer of an encampment
Harleys – Harlequin Ducks, mainly used by Australians
Helltowns – Duck hives
Honchos – Captains of Duckhunter teams, a contraction of head honcho
Houngans – Paradise Shelducks
Hunter Killers – Mallards. They kill Duckhunters.
Judas – A member of the Brotherhood of the Quacks, sometimes used for any duck worshipping human cultist
Judas Priests – High priests of the Brotherhood of the Quacks
Khakis – Khaki Campbells
Logans – Aylesbury Ducks
Lord or Lady Mayor – Leader of an encampment
Meteors – Khaki Campbells
Proles – Survivors that are not Elmers, Birdwatchers, Lord Mayors, Grapevines or Fixers
Puppeteers – Ringed Teals
Puppets – Humans under the mental control of Ringed Teals
Pushers – Magpie Ducks
Rambos – Mallards
Red Zones – Areas used by Mallards as hunting grounds
Relaxers – Worshippers of the cartoon character Dexter Duck
Screamers – Blue Ducks
Squaddies – Duckhunters who belong to a team
Shooters – Red-crested Pochard
Slicers – Crested Ducks
Solos – Duckhunters who work with no one else but himself
Spitters – Bali Ducks
Spoonbenders – Magpie Ducks
Stompers – Muscovy Ducks
Suicide Slums – Duck Hives
Townies – Survivors who made an encampment his home
Weirdos – Duckhunters who work with no one else but himself
Whistlers – Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
White Trash – Aylesbury Ducks
Zappers – Long-Tail Ducks
Zombies – Humans bitten and killed by Paradise Shelducks
Quack!
