SL Slang

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.