"But coming from the outside...the most anti intuitive catagories to describe things!" Hehe. Welcome to Poser in particular and 3d in general. It could be worse. You could be starting with Blender like I did a few years ago ;) Most of the "lingo" (and there is a lot of it) you'll find carries from one app to another, i.e. if you learn a principle in Poser, or any other 3d app, chances are it'll apply to other 3d apps. As someone in a post a long time ago pointed out: '3d is inherently complex no matter how snazzy the app'. Good luck and have fun.