Part 5 (are you getting bored now?)

Other Useful Ork Terms and Names

Troop Types

Bossclan: A Dominant Clan in an army. In Ghaz' Waaagh for instance, Goffs are the Bossclan.

Warboss: Commander of an army or tribe.

Warlord: Commander of an large army or tribe, often even groups of armies and tribes.

Nob: An elite caste of Ork society, essentially Ork nobility.

Mob: A unit.

Bigmob: A large unit.

Oddboyz: Collective name for Meks, Painboyz, Weirdboyz and Runtherds.

Minders: Now mostly defunct, but used to be large Orks tasked with "looking after" Weirdboys to hold them when they used their powers, to protect them, and to make sure they didn't escape.

Skarboyz: Veteran Ork warriors. They are usually a fair bit bigger than most normal Orks and have lots of Skars. They used to be a unit, but have since just become a term for experienced boyz. [On the forum, our more senior and long-serving members are typically dubbed Skarboyz, whereas the Bosses are Nobz, and Nightserpent is Da Boss]

Odd Words and Stuff

Bosspole: A Warboss or Nob standard, usually depicting their family heraldry, or trophies of war to show their social status, and a general "don't mess wif me" symbol. Sometimes also a club.

Bugeyez: Generally now shortened to simply "Bugz" Orks sometimes use this as a general term for pretty much all Alien species that aren't Squats, or humanoid.

Dodgerz or Dodgas: Gretchin "entrepreneurs". Gretchin generally considered successful by other Gretchin, and deemed a menace by most Orks.

Drop: A Cesspit, where Orkoid droppings are placed. Home to many things, such as Snotlings and many types of Squig - a hazard for Orks in compromising situations, and a playground for Snotlings. (Get me started on this subject, and you'll be wishing you were reading the fluff in the current Grey Knights codex so badly).

Dump: An Ork's hovel or home. Home is where the fart is.

Grub: Food

Kultur: Orky Kulture, things Orks deem proppa and civilised.

Kustom: since Rogue Trader, defined as a "Orky Way of making things"

Nark: To annoy or irritate. Not often used, but a nice word.

Proppa: Things that are good, socially approved or acceptable to an Ork. Orks tend to call something Proppa when it pleases them. The opposite is typically "Weedy", which are things that go against the ideals of Orks.

Rokk: Ork music, about as subtle as a Deffdread, as blunt as the back end of a choppa, and louda than a gargant falling onto a munitions factory. Been to a Motorhead Concert? It's a bit like that.

Savantz: a type of Madboy, but sometimes simply a term for Clever Orks or Gretchin (by Ork standards)

Snazzy: Well-dressed, decorated or decked out.

Stikkbommz: Stick Grenades, normal bombs and other grenades are usually just bomms. Orks have a habit of using stikkbomms as clubs just as often as they throw them.

Skumbos: a lesser used Ork insult, generally a term used by Nobs for common Orks.