..."HW" is no longer an abbreviation for "homework."
...you did not read your summer reading list requirements, but you did read multiple novels, short stories, and poems at the Fireside.
...many exuberant thoughts, actions, and posts now include glitter.

...you have trained your phone to show "HW" every time you hit 4 then 9 while texting. That is the only time I don't mind the fact that the right word never comes up =P

You have the computer next to the sink while you are washing dishes so you can read this thread.

Wait... Seriously?

I do lots of things when on the computer. I rarely have the luxery of just sitting on the computer and reading/posting. In order to spend much time on here, I have to fit it in in interesting ways.

Yeah... I combine my computer time with instrument playing, eating, cooking, sweeping, cleaning, and basically any other chore...

I just haven't accomplished the ability to wash the dishes and be on my iPad without covering said electronic with water.

You say "Ackthp!" in real life.

You say aloud 'Fire at will!' then wait for the gun sounds (they never come... ).

...You spend a lot of time on Holy Worlds?

Good point.

How 'bout when you're disappointed to find that Webster failed to include "hugziz" in his New Unabridged Dictionary?

Huh, I've never had a problem with that...what in the world does "hugziz" mean? I have, however, been very disappointed in spellcheck for not recognizing the word "dwarves".

Another good point.

It's something you do to someone you like right before he leaves chat. (Grammatical he; I've only ever seen girls do it, usually to each other).

Thanks, I'm sure Tolkien would agree with me.



Ah, why am I not surprised?

Who else has been using Hugziz?

- is really cracking up so bad - LOLZ!! SUPER LOLZ. Okay. Hugziz was something I made up. It is a hug in Gollum's accent. (How do you spell Smeagle's names? ) It is just a hug. Like huggies and... hugs.

lol...That is funny, I love Gollum's accent!

I believe his name is spelled Smeagol. Doesn't it sound twisted?

P.S. I've been 'huggled' before...

You know your a Holy Worlder when, You give your friends Magical chocolate pudding and they turn into birds. *Offers Magical chocolate pudding to anyone who shall dare try it *
Although here's a new one, You praise your self for going this whole time on HW and never got hugged, once.

Smeagol does sound twisted.

...when you add your world's name to Word's recognize list.

*waves to huggy people* Hey, guys, Danko's feeling left out...give him a han-I mean a hug!

- grins mischievously - - hugziz Danko until his eyes go -

That's a good one.

Yeah, that is a good one! You also know you're a Holy Worlder when you don't even notice the spellcheck red line half the time anymore.

Amen.

Not only that, but when you add your MC's name, and various plants, and animals.

When you spend a good portion of ten days on holiday hoping that you changed your username back to normal after April Fool's, because you don't want to confuse people.
When you spend a good portion of time waiting for April Fool's day next year in hopes that you'll have more time to appreciate it.
When you start saying y'all even though that's definitely not part of the slang for your part of the world.

You know you're a Holy Worlder when...

...you go to the forums to hoping to magically be inspired to write, but end up browsing and commenting instead.

...you and over 70+ other members change their username to support their Admin.

....you find a dead seal and go over and sniff it, just to see what rotting flesh smells like.

I did that too.

These were strange to read since there's no way I'd ever come across a decomposing seal in this part of the country. If it smells anything like dead deer, raccoon, opossum, skunk, or gopher then I would know.

I've done it with a dead rabbit as well, in which case I imagine smells a lot like a dead gopher

I think all decomposing animals smell the same...bad.

Yeah, I think it does!

...you realize that since many HWers are/were homeschooled, HW has always meant "Holy Worlds" and never "homework" to those people.

It means homework to me...

For me, it now means avoiding it.

I can identify with a lot of these...

...you're more familiar with the geography of [insert name of your fantasy world] than you are of earth's.

Totally.

Yes!! So true! So true!

... You start comparing too many quotes in a post to having too many dialogue tags for no real reason at all.

... You call your cat "Jazz-eth" without thinking about it. (I did that yesterday!)

You did that? Really? *Laughs* You're awesome, dear!

...you realize you have someone in your physical address book twice, once under their username and once under their real name. (Yeah, seriously.)

...you switch between calling someone by their real name and their username... in the same paragraph!

... you hear a name that happens to be the same one as a Holy Worlder and immediatly think of the Holy Worlder first.

... you have to use all your will power to not mention a Chat Mishap in a conversation with a non- Holy Worlder. (Happens all the time!)

... you randomly ask your "real life" friends if they can spell "cobha" or if they know what a Marcher Lord is.

*Laughs* Sweetness, Reen.

Yes, I did!

Hehe! Those are funny, Green and Philie.

-You just know that, between writing, HW, and Mock Crime Scene Competitions, you will have the FBI at your door someday.
-You impress people with your network of connections (close friends, really) unintentionally.
-You confuse your siblings by switching out HW and Real-Life names.
-Your best friend who you dragged on the forums now refers to you by your HW name All. The. Time.
-You kick yourself for not thinking to look up the LOTR soundtrack on Grooveshark sooner.
-You have an online home.

So true! My family probably wishes I would use one consistent name for each of ya'll.

...you realize that you're reading The Windrider Saga by beckyminor with a bookmark from Red Rain by Aubrey Hansen.