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Appendix 1: Glossary of Orcish

  Ai-sha - [Interjection] ‘Oh, you’

  Agh - [Conjugation] ‘And’

  Ash - [Noun / Adjective] ‘The Only’, ‘The One’, ‘The One and Only’

  Atul - [Noun, Second Person Pronoun Plural] ‘Everyone’, ‘All’, ‘Y’all’

  Atuluk - [Noun, Second Person Pronoun Plural] formal and polite way of saying ‘atul’

  Beekee - [Noun] ‘Mariner’

  Bru - [Noun] ‘Brother’

  Bub - [Adjective / Adverb] ‘Good’

  Bubhosh - [Adjective / Adverb] ‘Excellent’

  Bubhosh Ghash - [Adjective / Phrase] ‘Extremely excellent’, almost meaning ‘Holy Fire’

  Burz - [Adjective] ‘Dark’, ‘Tanned’

  Burzum - [Noun] ‘Darkness’

  Da Kultur - [Noun] ‘The Culture’

  Dar - [Noun / Verb] ‘Death’, ‘To die’

  Deezel - [Noun] ‘Diesel’

  Durb - [Verb] ‘To rule’

  Durban - [Noun] ‘Ruler’, or ‘Chief’

  Duruk - [Noun / Adjective] ‘Majesty’, ‘Charisma’, ‘Aura’, also a way to address the Horde Master

  Eadbanga - [Noun] ‘Headbanger’, ‘Weird boi’

  Fing - [Noun] ‘Mutant’, or more generally used to refer to a weak or pathetic orcan

  Gerekt - [Phrase] ‘Go get fucked’

  Gerekt Pokgai - [Phrase] ‘Go get fucked and die on the street, alone and unloved’

  Geshzugas - [Adjective / Noun / Interjection] ‘Wise’, ‘Clever’, ‘Intelligence’, ‘Wisdom’, ‘Eureka!’

  Gezzno - [Adjective / Noun / Interjection] ‘Stupid’, ‘Idiotic’, ‘Moronic’, ‘Dumbass’

  Ghash - [Noun] ‘Fire’, ‘Fiyah’, ‘Great’, ‘Cool’, ‘Gas’

  Ghasholine - [Noun] ‘Gasoline’

  Gimb - [Verb] ‘To find’

  Glob - [Noun, Pejorative] ‘Fool’, ‘Idiot’, ‘Moron’

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  Gul - [Noun] ‘Ghost’, [Verb] ‘to Ghost’ (out of here)

  Hai - [Noun] ‘Pussy’, ‘Vagina’, Cantonese etymology, but also used as a general term to address another, such as ‘mate’, ‘dude’, or most specifically, in the manner of the Australian ‘cunt’

  Kek - [Verb / Noun] ‘To laugh out loud’, ‘funny’

  Krimp - [Verb] ‘To tie down’, ‘To bind’,

  Kroozer - [Noun] ‘Boat’

  Leeroy - [Phrase] ‘Let’s go’

  Lok - [Verb] ‘To run’

  Lok Leeroy - [Phrase] ‘Run, we must go’

  Lok Tar - [Noun] ‘Victory’, literally ‘to run to life’

  Lok Tar O Dar - [Idiom / Phrase] ‘We run to life or death’, meaning to do or die, now or never, victory or death.

  Lok Ting - [Phrase] ‘Chill the fuck out’

  Lug - [Noun] ‘Building’, ‘Structure’, ‘House’

  Magosh - [Noun] ‘Blessing’

  Magosh sha - [Phrase] ‘Blessings upon you’

  Mog - [Verb, Noun] ‘To promise’, ‘To transmogrify / shapeshift’, ‘Transmogrification’

  Mubru - [Noun] ‘My brother’

  Nakaz - [Adjective] ‘Little’, ‘Lil’

  Naz - [Adjective] ‘White’, ‘Shiny’, ‘Glowing’, ‘Light’, ‘Wealthy’

  Nazge / Nazg - [Noun] ‘Bling’, ‘Loot’, ‘Ring’ (Jewelry)

  Nurd - [Noun, Adjective, Adverb] ‘Nerd’, ‘Nerdy’, ‘Unlucky’, ‘Unluckily’

  Nuk - [Adjective, Noun] ‘Bad’, ‘Awful’, ‘Crap’

  Nuk-nuk - [Adjective, Noun] ‘Very bad’, ‘Terrible’, ‘Shit’

  O - [Conjugation] ‘Or’

  Ohpi - [Adjective] ‘Overpowered’

  Olog - [Noun] ‘A big orcan’, ‘A big guy’, usually implied to be a little slow or dim-witted

  On Lok - [Phrase] ‘Gotta run’.

  Pokgai - [Verb] ‘To die or fall on the street, alone and unloved.’ Cantonese etymology.

  Razza - [Noun] ‘Festival’, ‘Music festival’

  Rek - [Verb] ‘To wreck’, ‘To destroy’

  Rekdar - [Verb] ‘To be beaten to death’

  Rekt - [Adjective] ‘Destroyed’, ‘Wrecked’, ‘Broke’

  Rek Tang - [Noun] ‘Defeat’, literally ‘to be wrecked hard’

  Ronk - [Verb] ‘To pool’ (resources), ‘To stake’, ‘To work together’

  Sama Sama - [Phrase] ‘You’re welcome’, Indonesian etymology

  Sha - [Second Person Pronoun] ‘You’, also [Interjection] ‘You!’

  Shanna - [Phrase] ‘You ain’t’

  Sharku - [Noun] ‘An old orcan sailor’, ‘An old orcan’

  Skai - [Verb / Interjection] ‘Fuck’, ‘To fuck’, ‘To have sex with’, ‘To screw up’

  Skai Sha Hai - [Phrase / Interjection] ‘Fuck your pussy’, or just a meaningless interjection phrase to be used in all circumstances, not dissimilar to ‘Motherfucker!’ or ‘Fuck me!’

  Snaga - [Noun / Adjective] ‘Inferior’, ‘Lesser’, ‘Subordinate’, ‘Cowardly’, ‘Bitchass’ but ungendered.

  Spinsum - [Noun] ‘Something’

  Tar - [Noun / Verb] ‘Life’, ‘to live’

  Tang - [Adjective / Adverb] ‘To go hard’, ‘To give a fuck’, ‘To strive’, ‘Hectic’,

  Tang Tang - [Adjective / Adverb] ‘To go hard as a motherfucker’, ‘To give all the fucks’, ‘To strive with whole being’, ‘Chaotic’

  Terima Kasih - [Phrase] ‘Thank you’, Indonesian etymology

  Thazag - [Verb] ‘to protect’

  Thrak - [Verb] ‘To bring’

  Top Kek - [Verb / Noun] ‘To roll on the floor laughing my ass off’, ‘very funny’

  Ting - [Adjective / Adverb] ‘Chilled’, ‘Chilled out’, ‘Calm’

  Ting Ting - [Adjective / Adverb] ‘Very chilled out’, ‘Vibing’

  Wagh - [Verb, Noun] ‘To berserker rage’, ‘berserker rage state’, ‘to go berserk’, ‘to rage’, also ‘a shitshow’

  Wu - [Negation] [冇] ‘No’, ‘None’, ‘Not’

  Wu Tang - [Adjective / Phrase] ‘No fucks given’, because Wu Tang Clan ain’t nothing to fuck with.

  Wu Rek Tang - [Adjective / Phrase] ‘Undefeated’

  Wu Lok Ting - [Adjective / Phrase] ‘No chill’

  Wu Way - [Noun / Interjection] ‘Action Through Inaction’, ‘Effortless action’, or ‘No way’

  Zilnok - [Noun / Interjection] ‘Goodbye’.

  Zug - [Noun] ‘Gurl’

  Zug-Zug - [Noun] ‘Sex’, ‘Intercourse’, ‘Coitus’, or in general ‘Excellent’

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