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The Word Culling

Below is a list of words no longer spoken by Northerners. This is not an exhaustive list. 

  • Family and all words formed from it.
  • Familial titles such as parent and aunt. Only mother, father, brother and sister and some of their more diminutive equivalents are still in use.
  • Infant, toddler, tyke, teenager, tween. Side note: A Northerner’s physical development is divided into three parts. The years preceding the Auditorium are essentially childhood. During the Auditorium is an age range similar in context to adolescence but with little–if any–tolerance given to personal growth. Once out of the Auditorium, the individual is a soldier, and, by default, an adult subject to the customs, boundaries and expectations of the scutum.
  • Nation and all words formed from it.
  • Country and all words formed from it.
  • Home and all words formed from it.
  • Patriot and all words formed from it.
  • Numerous professions from politics to civil service. E.g., congressman, pundit, jury, tax collector, sanitation worker, chancellor. Moreover, the words politics and civil are obsolete.
  • Citizen, civilian.
  • Society, public.
  • Droid, Robot, AI, Automaton.
  • Cybernetic, cybernetically, etc.
  • Mechanic, mechanical, etc.
  • Community
  • Holiday, festival, festivities.
  • Governmental institutions like congress, parliament, etc.
  • Federal, legislature.
  • Friend. You’re either a companion, or you’re not.
  • Domestic/legal relationships or professions such as wife and husband, midwife and maid. As well, matrimonial events like wedding and honeymoon.
  • Beer, Liquor, Liqueur, Ale, Hooch. Beer is no longer made in the North due to a shortage of hops coupled with an absence of knowledge in its production. However, a derivation of moonshine, called simply shine, is drunk. It is the go-to inebriated substance. Side note: Wine is occasionally drunk in the North, however, due to its particular cultivation, it is not as prevalent as shine. It is thus a common bartering item among scutums. Red Battalion often refers to wine as vino.
  • Skyscraper
  • Homo sapien
  • Tattoo. “Marking” is the equivalent.
  • Obsolete forms of transportation such as the airplane, automobile, train, truck.
  • Clock and a multitude of other obsolete gadgets and instruments such as the computer, phone, microwave, toaster.
  • Deadline
  • Definition
  • Diary, Journal, Book, Newspaper.
  • Nightmare
  • Zombie
  • Birthday. Birthdays are not celebrated in the North for every Northerner is declared a year older at Spring’s return. This occasion has a name: day of bloom.
  • Afterlife, Heaven, Hell.
  • Devil, Demigod, Demon, Angel. A rough equivalent to demon would be djinn, while Sin the Tyrant would equate to the devil. And although demigod is no longer spoken, it is still relevant within the word “god.” God is not the omnipotent creator of the World in the mind of a Northerner. Rather, there are gods: individuals of conspicuous ability, be it strength, intelligence, etc., who are favored by Supremity. A god is still mortal and thus flawed.
  • Sin when in reference to moral malevolence. “Vice” is the direct equivalent.
  • Earth and all words formed from it.
  • Global and all words formed from it.
  • Gun and all words formed from it.
  • Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Supper.
  • Blonde, Brunette, Redhead.
  • Indoctrinate
  • Terms to do with transgressions against a state or institution like treason, embezzlement, etc.
  • Corporation, Company, Institution, Business.
  • Money, Cash, Capital, Currency, Tender. The latter two when referring only to money.
  • Coach, tutor, trainer.
  • Clergy and laity in addition to most ecclesiastical offices like priest.
  • Pagan
  • Calendar. Despite this, Northerners still utilize a basic calendar, called a moonchart.
  • A plethora of “scientific” words (to use the word very sweepingly). These range from particles like the electron and learned studies such as sociology.
  • Mathematical studies except basic arithmetic.
  • Grammar, syntax and linguistic words.
  • Financial terms like bankrupt and mutual fund.
  • Modes of economic policy like capitalism.