Dictionary of Skytopia

6BC (acr) - 6 Barrel Carburetor

.80 cals (acr) - .80 Caliber Guns

Automagically (adj) - Used to describe how skyrates get returned to a skyland if stuck elsewhere due to a bug. As in: "You'll be automagically transported back to Getty." -Henry Clay (See Gettyed)

Borked (adj) - Broken

<bump> (v) - <bump>, or similar notes, mark a thread in the Skyrates Forum as recently edited (accessible here http://badges.etc.cmu.edu/skyrates/forum/search.php?search_id=newposts). Often used when someone has no significant or new input, but who wants to renew or reopen conversation on the given topic.

CBRB (acr) - Used exclusively on the Radio as shorthand for "Combat, be right back."

CP (acr) - Combat Points. Awarded for winning combat "manually" (not awarded with auto-resolved combats). Typically, one Combat Point is awarded per combat. Higher levels of combat difficulty (such as those versus Phantom Junkers) can result in more Combat Points being awarded.

Cwned (slang, v) - Shorthand for "Snowconed". (See Snowconed)

Dev (slang, abbr., n) - Short for "Developer".

"Few days" (adj) - A phrase coined by Skyrates Development team. It usually means "a few weeks". The definition comes from a time-phase when the Development team warned all players that another game 'reset' was near. However, the reset was delayed for several weeks.

FP (acr) - Flight Points. 1 flight point is earned for every 30 minutes of flight.

GCH (acr) - Gutted Cargo Hold

Gettyed (v) - Stuck on a skyland because of some crazy bug. Coined for the first and most common skyland to display this bug.

LEC (acr) - Large External Cargo

LP (acr) - Larger Props

Nippenbrau (n) - A catnip and grog blender that has hallucinogenic as well as intoxicating side effects. The brain child (and family recipe) of the famous Skip O'Doyle.

Partycaster (n) - The term used for specially modded Lancaster that carried passengers to the parties supposedly held in the glass dome on the front of the plane. Term was originally coined by the player N@. Famous skyrates who have flown 'Partycasters' have included Skip O'Doyle (2.0), N@ (2.0), and Grumble Gut (2.5).

Snowconed (v) - Server or connection outage that caused the 'Moose with the snow cone' message, an error message in Skyrates, to be displayed.

TP (acr) - Trade Points. One Trade Point is awarded for every 3000Ģ of profit made. If you lose profit on a trade, that profit must be regained before additional Trade Points are awarded.

Unobtanium (sci, n.) - Element 126 on the Periodic Table of the Elements. It is a lustrous green solid with radioactive properties and is extremely toxic.