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Avatars in SL use many  unique words and terms in world. You’ll want to be familiar with the basic ones: We’ll start with A – L. I’m listing the ones I use most often however, there are many more than listed on the Second Life website at www.secondlife.com.

AFK – Away From Keyboard

AO – Animation Override, an object that takes over your default animations.

AR – Abuse Report. This is what you will need to send to report abusive avatars.

Attachment – An item that attaches to your avatar such as a guitar or a gun.

Ban – You can ban people from your land, Linden Lab can ban you from the game.

Bump – The act of pushing another resident. Often done by accident by a new resident.

Covenant – The rules of the land you are visiting. If you own your own land you can set your own covenant for your land.

Deep-Think – Related to sim performance which can be caused by a colliding of too many objects.

Estate – Private owned region.

RL and SL – Your real life and second life.

Furry – An avatar that represents an animal.

Gestures – Mix of avatar animation, sounds and movements. You’ll use these a lot.

Gorean – A society in SL based on the novels by John Norman regarding master/slave.

Grid – This is slang for the virtual world of SL.

Griefer – An avatar specifically in world to cause grief/trouble to others.

IM – Instant messages to other avatars.

Home – This is the location you set for home base.

Inventory – A ever expanding, never ending file of items picked up in SL. Inventories can get out of control very fast if not organized.

In-World – Inside the virtual world of Second Life.

L$ - A linden dollar. More later on making money in SL.

Lag – When SL takes forever to load, freezing, gray matter. Bump up the memory on your computer to avoid lag.

LM – Landmarks are created for specific places to find them again later. The LM remains in your inventory until you delete it.

LL – Linden Lab is the company that created and maintains SL based in California.

Lindex Exchange – This is where online currency can be exchanged for RL dollars via paypal.

LSL – Linden Scripting Language. The script used to animate objects in SL.

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