Meaning of belter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An inhabitant of an asteroid belt, especially that between Mars and Jupiter.
2. Ellipsis of Belter Creole.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
3. A maker or worker of belts.
   historical, rare
4. Anything that is particularly good of its class.
   UK, informal
5. One who sings forcefully.
6. A person who mines asteroids for minerals or lives in the vicinity of an asteroid belt.
7. A very good-looking person.
   British, informal
8. One who uses the specific vocal technique of belting.
9. A song suitable for forceful singing.

Examples

“When the second goal came, it was a belter - Fabregas launching an inch-perfect ball over the top for Van Persie to volley in without breaking stride⟳.”

“The Belters watched like⟳ men mesmerized. They were spacemen, and used to strange sights, but they would never again see⟳ anything as strange as a world burning.”

“You noticed a habit of mine once. I never make⟳ gestures. All Belters have⟳ that trait. It's because on a small mining ship you could hit something waving your arms around.”

“Earth and Mars have⟳ been stepping on the necks of the Belters out here for over 100 years and I didn't want⟳ to be the boot.”

“He also decided that Belters wouldn’t use⟳ the term “bullshit,” because there would be no bulls in the Belt. Instead, they would come⟳ up with a uniquely Belter curse, “kaka felota,” a term for what happens when your toilet backs up in low gravity and shit floats all over the place⟳. (“Kata felota” literally means “floating shit.”)”

“To communicate, they evolve a creole called Belter, which becomes the lingua franca for what is essentially the solar system’s new proletariat. […] The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix⟳ of English, Chinese, romance languages like⟳ French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request⟳ them.”

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