Description:

The term 'fax' means a louse. Lice are 'naz fax'. It is generally used as a noun, not a verb. The modifier form 'faxys' has much of the sense of the English word 'lousy'. At the time Common was created, lice were very uncommon in wealthy countries except amongst children, amongst whom they could never be completely eradicated. Because of this, Old Common didn't have a simple root for louse, refering to them as 'naz ferein kekeri', 'skin bugs'.

However, with the mid 21st century collapse, that brought with it reduced access to water and sanitation, and insecticides to treat lice, lice made a major comeback, and most people except for the most well-off who still had access to most of the luxuries of the modern world. Therefore, in addition to the simple sense of 'infested with lice', 'faxys' also has the connotation of 'like a person who would be infested with lice' - a commoner, in other words. So it also has the sense of common in a negative sense or vulgar.

In the middle period, the word 'вошь' was borrowed from Russian and became the Common word for louse, 'fax', displacing 'ferein kekeri'.