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Shlaapees

Sleepies, diminuative of sleep

Shoonmaaken

Cleansed, cured

Skirlberry

Scottish name for a Beverkenverltish berry with strange flavors and properties. Used in groat klonks.

Sleeb

A slur used to insult someone based on their lack of status or not fitting in; slang

Slemp

A hot sweet spiced beverage kind of like hot chocolate

Snert

Split pea soup

Snookendapp

A bitter Beverkenverltish fruit

Stamppot mit rookwurst

Mashed vegetables with smoked sausage

Steeler spelunk

Den of thieves

Steem

Steam (can refer to gaseous water or a special quality valued by the Steemjammer family)

S
teemball

Steam Ball, a game played with armored steemtraps that fight over a one ton bronze ball in a large field

steemball

The one ton bronze ball is also called a steemball, but is not capitalized.

Steemgun

Cannon powered by steam; can also refer to a large rifle powered by steam

Steemlift

A steam-powered elevator

Steemspeel

Steam toy

Steemsuit

Steam powered personal armor. Steam comes from a hose to a boiler or an Incendium-powered backpack boiler.

Steemtraps

Armored fighting cars or vehicles used in battle and in the game Steemball

Steemvaapens

Steam weapons (cannons or catapults powered by steam; gunpowder is unreliable in Beverkenverlt)

Steemwagon

Steam truck or steam powered truck

Sterk

Strong

Stil

Hush

Stokee

Club-like compressed-air weapon

Stroont

An obscene word best not translated

Tante

Aunt

Tegen alle hoep, oo keert terung

Against all hope, you return

Teggenminkel

Remedy

Ter naar de vlees

In the flesh

Thoos

Home

Torenspitz

Spire

Tracium

A rare Beverkenverltish element that allows for inter-dimensional travel

Uuren

Hours

Vaanderloos

Wanderlust, a condition where a person must constantly be on the move or feel trapped

Vader

Father

Vanoyt oo lippenstift voor de Groes Vevardinker ooren

From your lips to the Great Maker’s ears

Vecht

Warrior or fighter

Verbeter

Correct

Verdoor

Oh no, gosh, darn (a basic exclamatory)

Verhoor ons toonen hen

Let’s show them

Verltgaat

World hole

Verraader

Traitor

Verschreking

Abominations, monsters

Verschrikoolink

Awful, terrible

Vershneelen

Hurry

Vershpletter doot

Smash it

Vertroowen

Trust

Vervlookte grappenmaakers

Cursed pranksters

Vetganen

Penguins

Vleegbril

Goggles

Volkstaam

Clan or greater family

Voo

Who

Voor zeeker

For sure

Voormaaker

Sledgehammer

Vorden optgezet

Get stuffed

Waakzaam

Alert, watch out, hey

Wachten

Wait

Wafel

Waffle

Wankenzink

Insane

Wat gescheed

What happened

Watergoyzen

Refers to naval fighters and a battle early in the Eighty Years War on Old Earth

Weel

Wheel

Winst

Victory

Woedwassen

A name for a river

Ya

Yes

Ya ent noyn

Yes and no

Yongeman

Young man

Zeedaar

There

Zeega

Triumph

Zeeker

Certain or sure

Zeet welk oo

Is that you

Zen

vertroowen

Have faith

Zinkberry

A tasty berry native to Beverkenverlt

Zo

So

Zo voornam ent voonderbar zit Beverkenfort

So grand and wonderful is Beverkenfort

Zonderlink

Freaky, weird

Zoolk steem

Such steam (a high compliment meaning someone had "such steam" to do something amazing)

Zwakzenink

Imbecile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

Born in Houston, Texas, John Eubank graduated from Rice University and embarked on a writing career in Los Angeles. He’s sold a number of original screenplays, has been hired to write or revise other projects, and has worked in television. An avid member of the maker movement, he regularly participates in conventions where he demonstrates and tries to advance the maker cause. He advocates for families struggling with autism and has written a book with his autistic son, Thomas Stopped Talking, which discusses what it was like recovering speech and figuring out a way for a child with autism to learn to thrive in a neurotypical world without compromising his identity (soon to be published). John lives with his wife, daughters, and son in the Los Angeles area.

Books by John Eubank

 

Fiction:

 

Steemjammer Series:

Steemjammer Vol. 1 Through the Verltgaat

Steemjammer Vol. 2 The Deeper Truth

 

The series books are best read in listed order for continuity.

 

Non-fiction:

 

Thomas Stopped Talking, A Case Study in Autism

 

Soon to be published in hopes that it will help people with autism and those who love and care for them, particularly those helping children with autism.

 

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www.steemjammer.com

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