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PHILEXICON
Every city has its own slang, and Philadelphia is no exception. Here are
some local idioms that might be useful to hunters from out of town.
Abe, The Abe: The Ashwood Abbey.
Abe, The Abe:
Birds, The: The Philadelphia Eagles pro football team. Other pro sports
Birds, The:
teams include the Phils (Phillies, baseball) and the Sixers (76ers,
basketball).
Down the Shore: Vacationing on a New Jersey beach.
Down the Shore:
Einhorn:
Einhorn: A monster who hides murderous or bloody activities behind a
disguise of social respectability and personal charisma. The term is
used mostly by the Ashwood Abbey; it derives from the last name of a
Philadelphian who murdered his wife and hid her body in a trunk. See also
“Unicorn,” below.
Enmee: Supernatural threats as a whole, the Enemy.
Enmee:
Fullaelfya, Fluffya, Fuldelfya: How residents refer to their city. Spoken
Fullaelfya, Fluffya, Fuldelfya:
quickly with slurred syllables.
Grounder:
Grounder: A walking corpse or zombie; sometimes applied to vampires.
Goat:
Goat: A ghost or spirit. Likely began as “ghost” spoken with a Philly
accent, but now used by Philadelphia hunters as a deliberately distinct
term.
Hoagie: A submarine sandwich or sub.
Hoagie:
Inky: Local newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Inky:
Jeezo: Hunter with a strident religious, usually Christian, outlook.
Jeezo:
Lucy:
Lucy: The Lucifuge.
Mahoff: The leader or most powerful of a group of monsters.
Mahoff:
Misty:
Misty: Null Mysteriis.
Netzo: Network Zero.
Netzo:
Onion, The:
Onion, The: The Union.
Presto: A mage; sometimes applied to any supernatural being with overt
Presto:
magical abilities.
Pavement:
Pavement: Sidewalk.
Phene: Philadelphia Extra-Normal Entity. A Task Force: VALKYRIE term some
Phene:
other hunters have picked up.
Scrapple: To put down a monster with overwhelming force. (“I’ll draw
Scrapple:
him out, you guys scrapple him with the sledgehammers as soon as I’m
clear.”)
Shaggy:
Shaggy: A werewolf, or any animalistic monster.
Sow-philly: South Philly.
Sow-philly:
Sugger: A vampire (from “bloodsucker”).
Sugger:
“There’s That News Van Again”:
“There’s That News Van Again”: Warning that a communication channel
is not secure, or that someone in the vicinity may overhear sensitive
information. From an old advertisement promoting a local TV news
show.
Unicorn:
Unicorn: A term with different and potentially confl icting meanings among
Philadelphia hunters. Ashwood Abbey members use it in the same sense as
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