geron

an aging agent used to age people in suspended animation

Coined in reference to Geron Corporation in China Miéville's novel Embassytown: "On that journey to Embassytown, Scile had had his sopor amended, spiked with gerons so he would age while under. It's an affecting gesture, to ensure that the sleep of travel doesn't keep you young while your working partner grows older."

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libationarian

Someone with an encyclopedic knowledge of cocktail mixology. First appears in Scott Lynch's "A Year and a Day in Old Theradane" in the anthology Rogues.

"Sophara scrawled orders on a slate and handed it to one of the libationarians, whose encyclopedic knowledge of the contents and locations of all the bottles kept the bar running."