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Jargon, decoded

The glossary

304 words from World of Warcraft, MMOs, esports and every game chat you have ever been flamed in — what each one means, and how people actually say it. Every entry has its own link, so you can send it to the friend who just asked what a twink is.

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AV

PvP

Also: Alterac Valley

Alterac Valley: 40 v 40 across a whole zone, ends when a faction boss dies. Can last hours or minutes depending on the era.

“AV weekend, honor is doubled, everyone's queueing.”

See also: Battleground, Honor

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5 of 304 words for “Ace”

  1. Ace

    Esports

    One player killing the whole enemy team in a round.

    “Ace! Five for five.”

    See also: Clutch

  2. Race to world first

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: RWF

    The streamed competition between top guilds to clear a new raid first.

    “The race to world first for Naxx lasted five days.”

    See also: World first

  3. Bot

    MMO

    A character played by a program, usually farming gold or honor. Reported, banned, replaced.

    “Bots in Tyr's Hand again, every hour.”

    See also: RMT, Farm

  4. World first

    Raiding & dungeons

    The first guild in the world to kill a boss. The race that top raiding is about.

    “World first Ragnaros went to a guild nobody expected.”

    See also: Race to world first, Progression

  5. Off-spec

    WoW

    A role or gear set other than your main one. Loot rules usually give main-spec priority.

    “I'll roll off-spec on the healing mace if nobody needs it.”

    “MS before OS on all drops.”

    See also: Main spec, MS > OS

WoW

World of Warcraft, especially vanilla, Classic and Forever.

79 words

Raiding & dungeons

Group PvE: pulls, loot rules, wipes and parses.

47 words

PvP

Battlegrounds, duels, twinks and world PvP.

31 words

MMO

Words shared by every online RPG.

47 words

Esports

Competitive play, broadcasts and the meta.

21 words

Gaming slang

What people say in every chat, every game.

79 words

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