Jeck

Jeck is an imprecation with origins in Late Radical factory shell technology. When the energy crisis of the late twenty first century became acute, much of the static power was provided by deuterium-tritium fusion reactors, but becaue of the sun's increased interference and induction effects, powergrids became impractical. Bateries were also dodgy. Ramdhun then came up with the Factory Shell, a hollow robot with space inside for ahuman boyd. Workers were put inside and catheterised so that they coudl work 18-hour shifts; their food was also laced with drugs that caused constipation. Inside, a screeen displayed aseries of gestures or movements that the worker had to perform. If she deviated from theis sequence, the Shell would split open and toss her out. however, the catherter woudl not retract, adn would tear out of her body. This ejection was called a 'jecking' in factory slang. Three to five jeckings usually produced functional incontinence, such that the quarters, people and work areas constantly reeked of urine. Eight to ten jeckings ripped the anus and perineum, which meant scrapping: euthanasia or exile.

In Florian times, the word survived as a swearword roughly equivalent to the Radical-age 'fuck'. Like 'fuck, it can be used in infinite combinations.