Diner Speak

Diner Speak

If we are to truly attempt this crazy idea, we’ll need to develop quite the lexicon of codewords.

In the course of the Cafe and Diner's work, it has become necessary to employ an extensive series of codewords and euphemisms to maintain the appearance of an ordinary combination Cafe and Diner, in order to keep their business under wraps from certain prying eyes. The CaD has built up quite an extensive lexicon over its 30 - 34, really - years of operation, with many iterations developing their own unique twist on the formula. This page intends to list every example of Diner Speak found in the Archives, so as to demystify receipts for the casual patron.

Essential Vocabulary

Diner Speak	Meaning
Baltimore	Public knowledge; refers to anything that can be uncovered without Otherside knowledge
Coffee	Refers to the general business of Otherside dealings; can also mean lies or misdirection
Comfort Food	A lead, tip, or evidence
Customers	Cryptids, Demons, and Beyond; a general term for paranormal entities and phenomena
Detroit '72	The worst case scenario; death, or worse
Family	Allies; those who aid the Cafe and Diner while not actively working for it
Friends	Enemies; those opposed to the Cafe and Diner and its goals
Late Nights	Investigations
Ottawa	The Otherside
Patrons	Followers of the Coffee trade; those who are not actively involved with the Coffee business, but who are still interested in it
Paid	Customer has been dealt with; if paid in full, it means they have been killed
Quebec	The Otherworld
Tourists	The Public; anyone uninvolved with the Coffee business

The Menu

Diner Speak	Meaning
1 o'Clock, Eggs Sunny Side Up, White Tea, Coffee With Cream	The Morningstar
2 o'Clock, Scrambled Eggs, Hot Chocolate	The Infernus
3 o'Clock, Devilled Eggs, Red Tea, Orange Juice	The Hauntaurskald
4 o'Clock, Century Eggs, Electric Daisy, Snake Oil	The Ouroboros
5 o'Clock, Assorted Fruit, Green Tea	The Esterskald
6 o'Clock, Grilled Salmon, Ice Water	The Mayda
7 o'Clock, Pomegranate Pie, Black Tea, Corpse Reviver	The Amaymon/The Necropolis
Mocha	Morningstar-Infernus Cusp
Chili-Orange Cocoa	Infernus-Hauntaurskald Cusp
Citrus Tea	Hauntaurskald-Esterskald Cusp
Iced Green Tea	Esterskald-Mayda Cusp
Corpse Reviver on the Rocks	Mayda-Necropolis Cusp
Apple Juice	Avalon
Amazake	Nightmarch
Ichor	Olympus
Mead	Alfheim
Red Wine	The Last Plane
London Fog	Achegloom
Daiquiri	Eden
Old Fashioned	Black Tide/Elders in general