Sign inBuilder

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.

Word of the day

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

All words

3 of 304 words for “BiS”

  1. BiS

    WoW

    Also: Best in slot

    Best in slot: the single best item for a slot for your class, spec and goal. 'Pre-raid BiS' is the best you can get without raiding.

    “Devilsaur set is pre-raid BiS for physical DPS.”

    “That trinket is BiS until AQ.”

    See also: Pre-raid BiS, Equivalence points, Build

  2. Pre-raid BiS

    Raiding & dungeons

    The best gear available before you set foot in a raid: dungeons, crafting, reputation, PvP and the auction house.

    “Farm pre-raid BiS before you apply to a guild.”

    See also: BiS, Dungeon

  3. Rank

    PvP

    The vanilla PvP ranking, 1 to 14, based on weekly honor against everyone else on the server. Rank 14 — Grand Marshal or High Warlord — took months of near-full-time play.

    “He hit rank 14 in 2005 and never got a job.”

    “Rank 10 weapons are pre-raid BiS for a lot of specs.”

    See also: Honor, Grand Marshal

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

Missing a word, or got one wrong? Tell us. Then go build something and use it in a sentence.