The Most Dangerous Dame

Shamus: detective, usually an inept one

Shoot the woo: sexual relations

Shylock: loan shark

Skate around: sex with multiple partners

Skel: short for ‘skeleton’. Reference to a good for nothing mug who is marked for death.

Skid rogue: bum, loser

Skimmer: hovercraft automobile

Soldati: soldier

Stiff: corpse, body

Stoolie: snitch that takes bribes for info

Streetsweepers: android storm troopers deployed to indiscriminately kill everything at a pinpointed location.

Synoid: synthetic humanoid

Tan aburrido: so boring

Tesla cells: electromagnetic fusion battery units

Thompson: mech-powered Tommy gun

Ticker: heart

Tip your mitts/spill: show your hand, give up the info

Trip for biscuits: waste of time

Troubleshooter: freelance operator. Duties vary, from investigation to protection to generally getting folks outta jams.

United Havens/UH: Thirteen Havens located in the remaining territories of what used to be the United States.

Vaquero: cowboy

Wheeler: automobile

Wire: information, news

Yard: a hundred dibs

Zio: term of affection, uncle