Barque - A type of airship resembling an ancient Egyptian river vessel.
Bocking - A simple floor cloth made of cotton or wool
Boot-lick(er) - sycophant, submissive; by way of their bowing at the feet of a master or mistress
Bustle - a structural or support garment, sometimes incorporating a rump, to support th,e weight and drapery of other garments in their desired shape, particularly to support a ladies dress or skirt in a desirable proportion about the waist and hip.
Button - A cute boy
Cardinals - The Hauteorian Guard, from the red coloring of uniform, alike to that of Catholic Cardinals.
Caste - One's occupation-based social class under the Pax Fashionista.
Chopines - Type of raised shoes historically fashionable in Southern Europe, common in Venice where they are used to protect hems of garments from high water, and having wood or cork platforms, sometimes covered in decorative textiles
Clack - 1. a sound typically made by keys on an analytical engine or device 2. to program an engine, device, or piece of tech through manipulation of its attached keys
Cocked-hat - a confused or senseless person, the state of being confused or senseless
Code-exemption - a legal exemption from Dress Code regulations, issued by Fashionista or high level officials, either temporary or permanent, often for diplomatic purposes.
Corset - a garment worn to hold the torso into a desired shape, often with varying amount of eyelets, lacing, boning, quilting, and hooks, buttons or other fasteners, sometimes with fasteners to attach other garments.
Creative Caste - A mid-level social caste under the Pax Fashionista, made up of those in design-related occupations.
Creatrix - The body of the Creative Caste, the various Headquarters of the Creative Caste within the Fashion Capitals, from creation + matrix
Damascus heels - a type of riding shoe or boot based on historic Persian styles, to aid rider in balancing in stirrups or in 'spurring' a mount, and having heels and/or soles made of metal, sometimes used offensively in combat, or defensively to block or parry sword strikes; from the name of the city Damascus, known for forging steel
Dandy - A man prideful of his neatness, style, and mode of dress and/or appearance
Dhobitorium - A place where industrial washing is done, from Hindi dhobī + Latin -orium (place of), influence from auditorium
Dobby - one who washes or launders clothes, from Hindi dhobī, from dhob (washing)
Dude - An upscale or upper-class fellow
Dress Code, The - the written legislature regulating appropriate attire for members of castes under the Pax Fashionista
Dunnage - Accessories, loose personal effects.
Farthingale - structural or support garment to support the weight and drapery of a dress or skirt in a desired shape, often constructed of multiple semi-flexible hoops.
Fashionista, The - A monarch ruling over much of Europe from the Fashion Capital of Paris
Fogle - A silk handkerchief
Fop - man prideful of his neatness, style, and mode of dress and/or appearance, particularly if in affected manner
Gasili - laundry or wash, from Arabic ġasīli (wash)
Gallabeyya - An Egyptian garment of the lower or manual castes long-sleeved and ankle-length, without collar
Gendarmerie - The Fashion Police, civil service force charged with enforcing compliance of Dress Code, from Fench gendarme (police officer)
Gens Libres - The preferred demonym of peoples of the Freedman Territories among French-speaking communities. From French (Free People).
Get/Give the mitten - to be rejected by/reject someone, especially breaking off engagement; from literal act of returning or rejecting traditional gifts of hand-wear.
Ha - Yes, from Sindhi
Hauteorian Guard - The most elite division of the Fashionista's Military Caste, from French haute (high) + Latin -orian, influenced by Praetorian Guard
Heather, Heather Grey - 1. A pass phrase used to ask for one who operates a Lavender Room, regardless of their gender. 2. Sometimes, a nom de guerre for individual Heathers and/or their associates.
Imperatore, The - A Monarch with some influence in the Mediterranean and Italy, ruling over the Nuovo Impero from the Fashion Capitol of Roma. From Italian (Emperor).
Irons - 1. heated pressing tools for clothing, hair, or branding 2. pistols or revolvers 3. handcuffs and/or shackles
Iron man - A man who works with irons
Kapare - clothing, from Hindi Kapaṛē
Kapareghora - A person excessively concerned with individual fashion and clothes, a clothes-horse, especially those in non-compliance with Dress Code, from Hindi Kapaṛē (clothes) + Ghōṛā (horse)
Kurta - a type of low-collared shirt, sometimes having short opening below neck decorated with embroidery
Laundrodeon - a machine capable of being programmed and operated to launder clothing, from launder + odeon
Lavender, In the - Safe, clear, hidden, put away.
Lavender room - a hidden keeping room, often for harboring fugitives
Liberty bodice - a garment to support the torso in desired posture, and/or sometimes to smooth into more desirable shape, with varying amounts of straps, seaming, and fasteners, often having some fasteners to attach other garments.
Long-tail - a handsome, upscale dude
Long-tailed - upscale, from the length of a men's coat
Malba - a garment, from Arabic malbas (garment)
Malabies - clothes or clothing, from Arabic malaabis (clothes), influence from English maladies
Malik, The - A Monarch with influence over much of the Near East, Africa, and Mediterranean, ruling from the Fashion Capitol of Cairo, from Semitic terms Malik/Melik/Malka/Melech (King)
Manual Caste - A lower-level social class under the Pax Fashionista that is made up of those who perform tasks focused on physical and manual labor.
Masher - A man who ogles, calls out to, or stands too close to women he does not know in public spaces
Mercantile, The - the collective industry of transport, including air, land, and sea freight, as well as personal post and package services; authorized to offer banking, money transfer, wirefax, and lending services; has some jurisdiction over crimes related to piracy and market manipulation; has strict non-partisan policies. Derived from its origins in merchant fleets
Military Caste - A social class under the Pax Fashionista, made of all citizens in military service. Includes such bodies as the Gendarmerie, Regular Army, and Hauteorian Guard
Military jacket - 1. An outer garment worn by a member of the Military Caste or Navy. 2. Something a soldier may wear to stay safe (see Riding coat).
Murphy - A seaman, from Irish Murchadh, Muir (sea) + cath (battle)
Na - No, from Sindhi
Navy - Militarized air and/or sea vessels and their crews, serving those nations or organizations which have air or sea vessels. Applied regardless of National, Mercantile, or Privateer affiliation. (i.e. Egyptian Navy, Mercantile Navy, Pirate Navy)
Nom de guerre - War name; a code name used to disguise identity in military or political conflict, particularly to protect social reputation or family from reprisals, from French (name of war)
Pax Fashionista - The Fashionista's Peace, the civil order resulting from treaties between The Fashionista and Heads of State in Africa and Asia, from Latin Pax (peace) + Fashion + Spanish -ista
Picture-novel - Fiction publication containing a story told in sequential art, often with dialogue and caption text.
Pocket advantage - carrying of a small firearm in a coat pocket, firing through the coat pocket
Ray - a form of open air optical communication
Reg Proper - To dress according to code, the code-compliant attire for a particular occasion, from Regulation + Rag Proper
Regs - 1. regulation clothes, from Rags + Regulation 2. Members of the Regular Army
Regular Army - A body within the Military Caste that provides defense forces and is distinct from the special police of the Gendarmerie or the elite soldiers of the Hauteorian Guard
Regulation - in accordance with the Dress Code established under the Pax Fashionista
Riding coat - Something a young man traveling from port to port should have for protection (see Military jacket 2)
Ruffled cuffs - hand cuffs, facetiously
Salaam - A customary greeting, especially among the Fashionista's Asian and African allies, from Arabic salām (peace)
Satinet - A twilled cloth made of cotton and wool
Scipio - A specific type of sword cane wielded by the Hauteorian Guard, from Latin scīpio (staff), indicating a sceptre or baton of governmental authority
Scribe Caste - A social class under the Pax Fashionista made up of those in intellectual, academic, and research tasks.
Set a cap for - to set one's attentions toward another, attempt to win another's affections
Sewn-up - done, finished. By extension, exhausted or intoxicated
Skilts - a type of short trousers
Small clothes - undergarments
Snipper-snapper - a handsome, young man of a lower class or caste, particularly one who works closely with a client, mannequin, or dressform; often valet or design assistant
Splicer - one who directs or redirects current or information in a wired network, often by physical cutting and splicing of wire.
State-car - a steam-powered automobile with enclosed carriage, often a transport for heads-of-state or members of the upper castes.
Steam-cabriolet, steamcab - a steam-powered automobile with top that may fold up or down, often a car for hire
Stongcar - a steam-powered automobile with enclosed metal sides and roof, a transport for valuables often operated by armed driver and guard(s)
Street-rail, streetcar - tram, a short street-running train of engine and cars operating on urban streets used for public transport.
Submari - Sub-marine vessel or boat that can operate under water, particularly the Catalan-designed Ictineo Class vessels built in shipyards of Ibiza, from Catalan submarí (under + sea)
Swell - A fashionable or stylish individual, particularly if upper-class
Telephon, Telly - a form of cutting edge 'speaking wire' or audio communication invented in Germany, with use restricted to those urban centers with dedicated wire networks to carry signals from Greek Tele (distance) + Phone (sound)
Titivate - to tidy-up, primp, preen, dress-up
Thawb - 1. a long-sleeved, ankle-length (typically men's) garment with some collar and fasteners; more tailored than the gallabeyya, from Arabic (a garment) 2. A women's ankle-length dress, with wide cuffs and hem, with no collar, often decorated with embroidery
Toff - A well-dressed man or the upper classes or castes
Toggery, Togs - clothing, from Latin toga.
Tog-Cogs - Members of the Creative Caste, by way of being small parts in the great machine of the clothing industry.
Unmentionables - Undergarments or small-clothes
Voice tubes - a.k.a. speaking tubes or voice pipes, hollow constructs that conduct sound, particularly human voice within a building or vessel.
Wirefax - The method and apparatus by which images are machine-read, transmitted, and printed, a vital part of the industries of publication, news media, and fashion, from wire + facsimile
Xe, Xem, Xer, Xers, Xemself - A set of gender-neutral personal pronouns