"Good alternate names for xenomorphs?" Topic

I'd rather avoid "aliens" and "xenomorph" is probably legally risky.

Any good suggestions? Best suggestion gets a free PDF copy of FiveCore.

Well, they are Hive creatures…how about 'Drones?'

Targets??

Bugs? Millions of 'em!

Any details about them? Are you looking for a generic term for all non humans or a specific type?

How about:

Nomen
Notus
Nonoid

Bugs
Greenies

X'yrch

Z'glce

Y'mrg

W'ccd

I should have clarified, sorry. Creepy crawly runs on the walls and tears you to pieces aliens/space bugs.

Just not called "aliens" or "bugs" :)

Keep 'em coming!

Swarmers, Warriors, Xenos, Critters, Harvesters

Criks – short for crickets

Jims – short for Jiminy Cricket, slang for above

Charlie – phonetic for C, short for cricket

X – short for xenomorphs or extra-terrestrials

Anthropophages?
Parasitoids?
Rippers?
Leapers?
Lurkers?
It's Them!

Long Heads

Space monkeys

Killer space monkeys

Mothers, short for Mother rs.

gangers… short for dopplegangers.

I like 'xeno swarmers'…….

G.O.M.s…….'Game Over, Man!'s

A.L.F. = Alien Life Forms … Oh wait … that's been take too ! How's about A.Xs. = Alien Xenos ?

Creepers?

Xenomites

Lots of good stuff but I think Pedrobear wins it. Thanks!

Ickies?

Exobeings ?

The Beatles…?

X-Rays?

Feel free to keep 'em coming. If a bunch of other brilliant stuff comes along, I'll give out another free copy or two.

I'd love to do "X-Rays" but they do that in the new XCOM game, and I'd rather avoid that.

Kilskeys (Short for Killer Space Monkeys)

Why Killer Space Monkeys just like real monkeys those darn things are everywhere and get into everything

Ape-type things = Monx (similar in pronunciation to 'Bronx')

H'ror

Bug-types = Chigs, 'Festers, Chitinoids, Shellies, Slicks, Annihilpedes, Feeders, Pinchers (note that most of these would be slang…. ;-)

Rather liking the "troop slang" ideas.

Call them Ringos…get it?

Sorry…

Ringo's. :-) :-) :-)
Chuckle of the day………

"I should have clarified, sorry. Creepy crawly runs on the walls and tears you to pieces aliens/space bugs."

Maybe a little more detail? Insectoid? spider? mutli-legged? Big/small? parasite? fangs? blood-sucker? Razor tooth? multiple-arms? tentacles? furry/hairy? from egg/cacoon? Hive mind? centipede body? Hot/cold climate? Multi-eyed? No eyes? Does it smoke? Does it like Mexican/Chinese? sexual orientation?

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I know it's a human tendency to name things after more familiar objects, so it may depend on what they're physiology is. Some examples:

- From Keith Laumer's "Retief" stories:
Large manta-like aliens -> "Flapjacks"
Multi-limbed climbing aliens -> "Spodders" (sounds like "spiders" with a Midwestern drawl)

- "District 9": aliens were called "Prawns" because of their shells and mandibles, most likely

- "Space: Above and Beyond": the aliens were called "Chigs" based on their resemblance to sand fleas known as "chiggers" or "jiggers"

- "Man-Kzin Wars" series: for a bit of turnabout, the Kzinti referred to human beings as "monkeys"

So, I think it would be fair to base your nickname for them on their physiology.

Chig would probably be the USMC's nickname for them. "Are you scratching my sand fleas?" Parris Island is a sandflea-infested hell.

"Crabs" or "crickets" is another likely name for any insect-like alien.

You can have all sorts of fun with foreign languages. One of the Infinity bug types is called the "Caskuda" (Portuguese for cockroach, IIRC).

For a large, tough to kill insectoid alien, what about 'gokiburi' or 'goki' (goh-key-boo-ree). It's Japanese for cockroach.

Roaches. They come out of the walls, they're everywhere, and just when you think they're gone…

Really liking Goki and Chig too.

Gigers
Named after the loon that designed the Alien in the first place

A mate and I used to refer to the xenomorphs as "slimejaws".

Grendels…