Glossary — C
- cabrona
- bitch (language=Castellano Chileno)
- cache-sexe
- a small garment (as a loincloth) worn to cover the genitals (language=Français);
on Yeibichai, a tight pouch
to contain, not necessarily cover, scrotum and penis for athletic activities
- cagada
- cursed or damned, quite bitter (language=Castellano Chileno)
- callus
- a person in regular contact with customers, but in the combine's
structures (offices, clinics, and so on); although they interface between
the consortium and the customer, they are supported continually by
structures and other members, thus have a better chance to endure the
rubbing by both sides, hence "callus"; see also blister
(language=Yeibichai/anshin
slang)
- can-feel
- meeting/can-be-felt
(language=Yeibichai/slang);
see meetings
- can-hear
- meeting/can-be-heard
(language=Yeibichai/slang);
see meetings
- can-see
- meeting/can-be-seen
(language=Yeibichai/slang);
see meetings
- chanpa
- chokecherry (language=Lakota; pronunciation=chanPA); Champa Street in
downtown Denver probably named for this
- chicory
- 1: a thick-rooted usually blue-flowered European perennial composite herb
(Cichorium intybus) widely grown for its roots and as a salad plant —
compare endive, radicchio; 2: the dried ground roasted root of chicory used
to flavor or adulterate coffee [ME cicoree, fr. MF cichoree, chicoree, fr. L
cichoreum, fr. Gk kichoreia (so technically, on Yeibichai,
they should've called this "kichoreia," but I was pushing the
linguistic envelope enough and the impact on the book wasn't worth doing it
more) [Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; see cue/www=Merriam-Webster
OnLine]
- chivero
- roamer, position in tlaxtli,
where the player roams his team's side of the court (language=Olmec)
- chui
- caution (be careful [of]); [...ni] chui suru — watch (your step), be
careful (of poisonous snakes), watch out for (language=Kyotsu-go;
pronunciation=choo-ee); for anshin
on Yeibichai, a suspect or
perpetrator or other opponent
- che-song-ham-ni-da
- Excuse me (language=Han-kuk-o) [cue/www=http://www.travlang.com/languages/cgi-bin/langchoice.cgi?page=main&lang1=english&lang2=korean)
- Chosön
- nation known as Korea, also called Taehan (language=Han-kuk-o)
- el Chupacabras
- The Goatsucker (language=Español); supernatural creature supposedly
rampaging around Puerto Rico, ravaging the livestock. "The enigmatic
creature can best be described as a cross between one of the
"Grey" aliens and a terrestrial animal such as a porcupine or a
kangaroo due to the presence of quill-like appendages running down its back
and enormously powerful hind legs which enable it to leap over trees in a
single bound. First reported in the municipality of Canvanas, this entity
(or many similar to it—an even more sobering thought) has been reported in
all the communities which comprise metropolitan San Juan." see cue/www=www.princeton.edu/~accion
& cue/www=www.cais.com/strangemag.
- chyme flask
- a container of pre-digested nutrients designed originally for lifeboats
on- and off-planet. "Chyme" names the partially digested food as
it departs the human stomach for the small intestine. Its higher nutritional
density delivers more sustenance per gram and bypassing the stomach reduces
the energy expended to receive nourishment. The flask connects to a duodenal
shunt installed in the abdomen and hooks onto eyes set into both anterior
superior iliac spines (hip points) for support (language=Yeibichai/tek)
- cisco
- physical equipment
comprising Yeibichai's lattice
over which the Miranaya
Direvnya runs (colloquialization of Cisco
Systems, leading manufacturer of network hardware based in San Jose,
California) (language=Yeibichai/building
materials)
- Clear Twister
- Yeibichai meterological
phenomenon where a series of vertical wind-sheers coagulate into a
reinforcing swirl of air of potentially damaging velocity (language=Yeibichai)
- coag
- concentration of data (language=Yeibichai/technical
jargon); could be a structured database, a meeting/will-be-heard,
logiciel home; the combine
running the Em-Deh concentrates
its data into coags
- coeur
- heart (language=Français)
- Collective
- the smallest possible number of people with a stake in a decision, the set
of adults only affected or potentially affected by a decision, specifically,
a decision about letting a contract; the largest Collective on Yeibichai
consists of all adults on the planet, who make decisions concerning global
issues, including the hiring of a combine for yojin-suru
services
- combine
- an association of people united for commercial or political purposes; a
collection of people who deliver a contract (language=Yeibichai/business);
also called jiti
- con mi familia
- with my family (language=Español)
- concrete
- "Whether your home is big or small, wood-frame or brick, it probably
rests on concrete — a footing, foundation or slab that can be poured year
'round into almost any shape. This versatile building material is an ancient
product, used in a simplified form by the Romans as early as 200 [B.C.E.]
"The main modern ingredient, portland cement, was patented by a British stone-mason in 1824 — from a batch that he produced in his kitchen.
"Modern concrete is held together with an update of Aspdin's cement. It may contain limestone, shells, chalk, shale, clay, sand and iron ore. A blend is fired to 2,700 degrees, the temperature where chemical changes occur, fusing the ingredients into pellets. They're cooled, and ground with powdered gypsum to make the cement you buy in bags and mix in a wheelbarrow.
"There are eight basic types, plus white cement with only trace amounts of iron and other substances that produce the typical gray color, and expansive cement that swells slightly as it hardens — good for plugging leaky basement walls.
"Type I is the basic variety home-owners and contractors use for everything from patios to bridges — the key ingredient of construction concrete, which is basically a two-part mix: aggregate, the name for a variety of solids from sand to stone, and paste, which is made from portland cement and water.
"Stir thoroughly, first dry, then with water added if you're doing it in a wheelbarrow, and the paste coats every surface of every particle. The coating provides adhesion, and fills every space between very component so a pile of rocks and sand becomes an incredibly strong, monolithic block.
"A typical mix contain 11 percent portland cement, 16 percent water, 6 percent air, 26 percent sand and 41 percent gravel or crushed stone, which accounts for up to three-fourths of the weight. But proportions can be changed for different jobs and conditions, for example, increasing the amount of water in hot weather to prevent premature drying that weakens concrete, and mixing in additives that guard against freezing and accelerate hardening time.
"You don't have to worry about proportions buying ready-mixed concrete brought to your site in a truck mounted with a gigantic portable mixer — the way three-fourths of all concrete is made. That idea got started in 1909 when concrete was delivered in a horse-drawn tub with paddles connected to the wheels that stirred the mix en route.
"If you're mixing a small batch from bags, remember first that there is a difference between cement and concrete. If you buy a bag of portland cement, say, to pour piers for a deck, you'll also need a supply of sand and stone. If you buy a bag of concrete mix, it already has the portland cement inside, and all you need is water.
"With hand-mixing, you have to resist the temptation to keep adding water and stick to the recommended proportions. More water makes the dry ingredients easier to turn over, the concrete easier to pour, and the finished surface smoother. But an overly soupy blend can spill through forms, cause heavy aggregate to settle unevenly and weaken the mix overall. Erring in the other direction can be just as bad, no matter how vigorously you churn a spade through a stiff mix. If there isnt enough water, the cement paste won't be able to migrate into all the voids, the concrete will be difficult to place, and the finished surface will be a rough honeycomb that lets in water.
"At the end of a concrete project — after careful mixing, pouring and surfacing — the job can look finsihed, but it isn't because the mix needs time to cure. This happens to some degree no matter what you do — even in the rain, even underwater.
"But to reach the strength you want for long-term durability, it may need help.
"If you could look inside a hardening mix, you would see the cement paste form a minuscule button on the surface of every solid particle, then each button sprouts like a seed and sends out tendrils that intertwine with others, gradually lacing the components together.
"The curing process, called hydration, countinues as long as the paste doesn't dry out too quickly — evaporating in the sun or the wind, even on a cold day. At three days, standard concrete reaches a strength of 2,100 pounds per square inch. In 28 days, strength more than doubles. The biggest gain occurs in the first three days — a critical period when you should periodically mist the surface with a fine spray of water, or cover it with plastic." [Mike McClintock, "Home Sense," Rocky Mountain News, 20-Dec-97]
- contalli
- foreigners (language=Español de Sud y Centrale Amérique)
- copalli
- resin (language=Náhuatl). Similar to Hymenaea courbaril and
other species of trees in Brasil, Colombia, and other Sud América
countries. Also, any of various varnish resins called "copal,"
consisting of the exudates obtained from various tropical trees. When hard,
copal is lustrous, varying in hue from almost colourless and transparent to
a bright yellowish brown. It dissolves in alcohol or other organic solvents
upon heating and is used in making varnishes and printing ink. Copal is
obtained from various sources; the term is vaguely used for resins that,
though similar in physical properties, differ in their chemical makeup and
are altogether distinct as to their source. Copal may be collected from
living trees or mined as a fossil. The raw, or recent, copal, sometimes
called jackass copal, which is obtained directly from trees or found at
their roots or near the ground, is used in varnish manufacture in Bharat
and Zhongguo but does not
enter into European commerce. In the varnish trade, several varieties of
soft Manila copal are used. Zanzibar copal, the principal commercial copal,
is the fossil yielded by Trachylobium verrucosum; it is found embedded in
the earth over a wide belt of East Africa on the western coast of Zanzibar
on tracts where not a tree is now visible. Dammar resins and the piney
varnish of India are sometimes called "copal." [Encyclopædia
Britannica; see cue/www=britannica.com]
- cue/Em-Deh
- address of a virtual location within the Mirnaya
Direvnya, similar in function to, but more universal and sophisticated
than, the Universal Resource Locator of the ancient Internet (language=Yeibichai/technical
jargon)
- cuetlaxochitl
- Poinsettia aka flor la noche buena in Mexico (language=Náhuatl); the
plant was named "poinsettia" for Joel R. Poinsett, who popularized
the plant and introduced it to floriculture while he was U.S. minister to
Mexico in the late 1820s [Encyclopædia Britannica; see cue/www=britannica.com]
- CUL
- C=See U=you L=later (language=teletype slang)
- curvescreen
- concave, rectangular display screen for infraware, typically stationary, comprised of rigid materials, that curves to provide an inclusive presentation to a small group, like around a carrel (language=Yeibichai/tek); see also holoscreen and foilscreen
