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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

2 of 304 words for “Damage meters”

  1. Damage meters

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: Meters, Recount, Details

    Addons that show live damage and healing per player. The reason every DPS knows exactly where they stand — and the name of this site.

    “Damage meters say the rogue did 40% of the raid's damage.”

    “Post meters after the boss.”

    See also: Parse, DPS, Logs

  2. Addon

    WoW

    A player-made UI modification: damage meters, boss timers, questing helpers.

    “Which addon shows the debuff timers?”

    See also: Macro, WeakAura, Damage meters

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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