Brian Manney Brave New World Terminology Sheet Anthrax (bomb): A weapon used commonly in the nine-year war. Used in Germ Warfare. Bokanovsky Process: A process by which a human egg halts its normal development.
Instead the egg buds and produces many identical eggs. Castes: Castes determine social status. This society uses a five-tiered caste system consisting of Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas and epsilons in descending order. Community Sing: A somewhat religious meeting for the lower castes. This promotes fraternity.Decanting: The process where mature embryos are removed from bottles.
Ectogenesis: Growing a human outside of a woman’s womb. Centrifugal Bumble-puppy: A game played by children involving a steel ring and a ball. Feely: A popular film often containing a simple plot and pornographic elements. Viewers sit in special chairs that allow them to interact with the movie.
Ford: Henry Ford is considered godlike in this society. Their calendar is marked in years After Ford (AF). The sign of a T, which alludes to the Model T mirrors the symbol of the Cross in our society.Freemartin: A genderless embryo. Hypnopaedia: A sleep-teaching technique where children learn information without reason.
Malthusian Belt: A belt worn by Lenina as well as other women that holds their contraception at all times. Malthusian Drill: A device used by unsterilized women to avoid pregnancy. Neo-Pavlonian Conditioning: The process of raising a person through a series of conditioning treatments. Orgy-Porgy: A meeting among a dozen or so men and women where they all get high off of soma, sing solidarity anthems and ultimate have lots of sex.Podsnap’s Technique: The process of artificially speeding up the maturation of embryos. Savage Reservation: Otherwise known as Malpais, this reservation is filled with thousands of Indians where acts of our world today still exist.
Scent Organ: A machine used mostly during feelies that sends out several different pleasing aromas. Sex-Hormone Chewing Gum: Chewing gum that attracts women when chewed. Solidarity Service: This is much like the Community Sing except for the upper castes. They gather and have an orgy-porgy.
Soma: A common drug taken in half-gram doses. Soma is used as a way to relieve all stress and problems. Surrogate: The surrogate is a conditioning center where people go to have their bodies flooded with adrenaline. This provides people with fear and rage without having to act on any of it. Viviparous: A live birth where a woman passes a child during labor. This process is no longer used since people are created through the process of decanting.
Zippicamiknicks: Underwear and/or bra.
