Honorverse - Etymology in action

JeffEngel wrote:Firebranding: the act of injudiciously identifying yourself in the context of distinctive misdeeds

ransom: adj. An attitude completely devoid of human compassion or remorse. A monster of epic proportions. Inhumanely inhuman.
Etymology: The copper-plated bitch has permeated the human language again with this latest addition.
Origins: Linguists can only agree that it came into widespread use simultaneously in several systems in the Haven quadrant.
Ex. "Back-off, I know they're MAlign prisoners! But we have our orders! Don't have such a ransom attitude."

cerbed: v. To have been handed total destruction out of the gaseous clouds by a ship or ships maneuvering on reaction thrusters only and operating in stealth.

Etymology: Derived from a tactical maneuver during the Battle of Cerberus by the newly formed ESN which maneuvered its ships on an intercept course using thrusters only, which allowed it to stealthily catch the enemy and destroy all Havenite warships with an "up the kilt" manoeuvre. After second salvo, only five battered hulls remained.

Origins: First use originated above victorious ships above Hades in a memorable exclamative...

Ex. You got cerbed!

eradanite: v. To purposely commit an Eradani violation upon a planet.
Etymology: Derived from a conceived copycat crime of a MAlign conspiracy theory and conspiratorial plan.
Origins: East coast of Old Earth within a forum discussion.
Ex. To galvanize its polities and rally the troops plus simultaneously receive the governments backing to bankroll the Navy, the League could pull a MAlign and "eradanite" one of its own planets whilst feigning outrage and ignorance of the perpetrator(s).

cupiding: To shamelessly use one's matchmaker skills to pair two people who are perfectly right for each other. Soulmates.
Etymology: A verbified form of the noun Cupid.
Origin: Old Earth, from an incurable romantic with her feet in the Sol system but her heart hypering its way to Nouvea Paris in the Haven sector.
Ex. I could practically write a dissertation on the profound effect Honor Harrington had on Estelle Matsuko and her perception of the Navy, and how that's shaped her as the Talbott Quadrant's governor, but I shall spare you.

Just. Their relationship is so gah and if things were even just a tiny bit different I would be Cupiding that like a very, very busy Cupid. --roseandheather.