Common Chat & AW Terms

Here's a quick list of terms you might hear while in Active Worlds.

Chat Terms
General Abbreviations:
lol: laugh out loud, LOL for exaggeration
lmao: laugh(ing) my *ss off, LMAO for exaggeration
brb: be right back
bbl: be back later
bbs: be back see
wb: welcome back
ty: thank you
afk: away from keyboard
afaw: away from active worlds(in another program)
ttfn: ta ta for now
ttyl: talk to you later
gl: good luck
imo: in my opinion


Shortened words:
l8r: later
cya, cyu: see ya, see you

AW Terms
BI: Building Inspector
IO: Immigration Officer
CA: Customs Aide
AWI: Activeworlds, Inc.
AWN: AWNews
CT: Caretaker(World right)
ED: Eminent Domain(World right)
FPS: Frames per second, frame rate
GK: Gatekeeper
PK: Peacekeeper
OP: Object Path
PS: Public Speaker(World right)
RWX: AW Object format(RW, Renderware)
SDK: Software development kit
VRT: Virtual Reality Time
WM: Welcome message

For a more detailed glossary of terms and their definitions,
See Mauz's Active Worlds pages