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Anti-Av
When there's a bubble coming out from nowhere; either if the av moved or if the member is invisible
Bad Hair Karma
Instances where the Gabster's hair usually predicts the outcome or premise of an episode; used when discusssing episodes
BRB Land
When one leaves chat for an indefinite amount of time & leaves the post "BRB" ("I'm finally back from BRB Land")
Bubble Block
When one speaks & their talk balloon blocks another's face or dialogue ("Oops, sorry about the bubble block.") (See:Bubble Crossfire)
Bubble Crossfire
When member's dialogue bubbles cross into each other
Bubble Delay
When lag causes a delay in the time bubble's pop up so that chatter's response don't quite make sense; especially happens when reading the log (which is in sync) & watching the bubbles
Bubble Papparazzi
When the system stalls so there are no bubbles on the screen, then all of a sudden they pop up in a frenzy ("Whoa, bubble papparazzi!") (See:Chat Lag)
Chakramed
When one gets booted off the chat ("He/she must've been chakramed." "Sorry, I just got chakramed." "I just got the chaky.")(See:Hope Chakramed)
Chat Claustrophobia
or Claustroballia
When one has been in a room (ie. Meg's Tavern) for so long that they get hit with a wave of claustrophobia; also occurs when there are many people crammed into one room so one can't follow the conversation
Chat Hide & Seek
When chatters engage in hide & seek by hiding in a room while others bounch around searching for them; initially occurred when the Palace first opened, but has become obsolete; often results in Chat Seasickness
Chat Lag
When the chat just freezes up so there are no messages showing up (See: Bubble Papparazzi)
Chat Recall
Sudden inexplicable grins or fits of laughter during unrelated activities, while flashing back to the previous night's chat
Chat Seasickness
When one feels queasy when watching other chatters bounce all over the screen ("Oh, you're making me seasick with all that Amazonian dancing.")
Chat Sing-A-Long
When everyone pauses "for a brief musical interlude"; usually happens while in Meg's Tavern, but has been known to occur elsewhere; songs usually sung are TV Themes or Xena songs (See: Tree Trollin' Theme Song)
Cliffhanger Anxiety
When one starts getting nervous about an upcoming cliffhanger; applies to regular episodes also
Cliffhanger Anxiety Alleviation Mantra
When one starts chanting to themselves or outloud so they don't have to think of the cliffhanger; usually the mantra is repeating an episode's name from the 1st or 2nd season to think back to happier times; has become a necessity after the 3rd season ("AS AS AS"; "Altared States, Altared States, Altared States")
Cliffhanger Hell
State of being after viewing Sacrifice II; or any cliffhanger
Door Blindness
When one has their door markers off so they do not know where they are located and consequently fall in (See: Tree Trollin' )
Finger Troll (FT)
A palace induced phenomenon where one's fingers hit the wrong keys while engaging in deep, and meaningful conversation.
(coined by eLPack)
Fruity Bevs
The official drinks of the Xena: Warrior Palace ("Hell, yeah, I want some fruity bevs!")
The Fruity Bev Menu
Callisto Cooler:
a little pink tropical number; dainty but packs a punch
Poteidaian Pilsner:
a golden..er..red..er strawberry blonde beer that'll knock your feet right out from under you
Lost Mariner Martini:
a mystical green substance that'll suck the life right out of you
Miss Artiphys Coconut Cream:
it really fills you up
Ambrosia Surprise:
a nice gelatinous substance that provides a godly glazed eyes
look; it'll put the life right back into you
BGSB Beer:
an enchanting drink the literally shrinks throughout the course of the night; recommended by 9 out of 10 sidekicks
Aphrodite's XXX Ale:
resisting its effects is not humanly possible
Pineapple Pinch Punch:
drink it too fast & it'll cut off the flow of blood to your brain & other pertinent body parts; and give you one heck of a head rush
(A huge thanks goes to Christine(KNerys) for making the drink gifs!)
Henbane Laced
When there is excessive giddiness in the Tavern, it is suspected that someone spiked the mead ("The punch must be henbane laced." "Did you put henbane in the punch again?!")
Hope Chakramed
When one gets booted off of chat for an extremely long time; as if Hope chakramed you into the other side of the temple ("You were gone a long time. Hope Chakramed?" )
Meesta's Zipped-Wav-Sending-Induced-Lag Theme Song
Zippity Doo Da...Zippity Ay...
My OH MY I'm sendin' wavs today
Plenty of lag Time headin' my way
Zippity Doo Da... Zippity Ay!
Member Thing
When features just don't work for you ("It must be a member thing.")
Mind Swap (MS)
When chatters say the exact same thing or something to the like
Poof
When a chatter purposely gives themselves the chakram ("S/he went poof!" "Le Poof")
Psychic Chat
When you know people are chatting (even if you're surfing the net, email, etc) because you can hear them playing WAVs
Sovereign Limbo
When one inexplicably gets stuck within the Warrior Palace and can't get out, while everyone else wonders what has happened to them ("They must be in Sovereign Limbo.")
Spontaneous Amazon Dancing (SAD)
When chatters begin wildly dancing around the screen to Amazon music WAVs; may occur at any time, for no apparent reason
Staffed
When one (usually a troll) is killed by a wizard (S/he got staffed for zap wars)
Coined by Christine(KNerys)
Totem
When we all join heads and place ourselves atop one another. (Get your head out of the gutter!); another primarily Tavern activity; to initiate, one calls out "Totem!"; (See:Totem Pole Phenomenon)
Tree Trollin'
or Tree Falling
When one does an Amazon dance right into an unmarked door; also applies to accidentally falling into any other unmarked door ("Whoa, I just fell into the tree." "I danced my way into the tree." "Don't mind me, I was just tree trollin'.") (See: Door Blindness)
Tree Trollin' Theme Song
Well listen to my story of a door in a wall
Don't have it marked, you're sure to take a fall
When you're tree trollin', you do it really fast
Then you wind up, on your--
(with help from eLPack)
Warcry
When someone needs to vent excess energy or thinks something is
so funny it is beyond laughter
(submitted by Aquila)
WAV Freak
One who is obsessed with playing WAVs
WAV Happy
When one is so excited about playing a WAV that, in their haste, they accidentally play the wrong one ("Whoops, got a little WAV happy there.")
WAV Wars
When more than one person continuously plays WAVs and they end up in competition with each other to see who can get the sound out first
X:WP
Acronym for either Xena:Warrior Princess or the Xena:Warrior Palace
Xena Moment
(also Gab, Aph, Ares, Callisto, Joxer, etc Moment))
When one inserts a character idiom into the dialogue; most often inadvertently, but once said, reminds them or others of the character/episode (when discussing the X:WP, "This thing is great! And to think I've been using it all these years for work! Whoa, Xena Moment.")
Check out the Illustrious One's (KNerys) Page for more Palace stuff including a very enlightening How To Make an Avatar section.
