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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

All words

4 of 304 words for “Camping”

  1. Camping

    Gaming slang

    Waiting in one spot for a spawn, a player or a drop.

    “Camping the rare spawn for the trinket.”

    See also: Spawn, Corpse camping

  3. Spawn

    Gaming slang

    Where or when an enemy, item or player appears. Respawn is the return after death.

    “The rare spawns every four hours.”

    “Spawn camping the graveyard is bad manners.”

    See also: Respawn, Camping

  4. Tryhard

    Gaming slang

    Someone who takes it too seriously. Insult or compliment depending on who's saying it.

    “Tryhard twinks camping the 19 bracket.”

    See also: Sweaty, Casual

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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