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

5 of 304 words for “Diff”

  1. Diff

    Gaming slang

    Difference: the gap between two players in the same role decided the game. 'Healer diff.'

    “Healer diff, ours was OOM the whole game.”

    See also: Cracked

  2. Attack power

    WoW

    Also: AP

    The stat behind physical damage. Strength and agility convert into it differently per class; one point of AP is roughly 1/14 of a DPS point.

    “That's 60 attack power from strength alone.”

    “AP is worth more than crit for a rogue until you have a lot of both.”

    See also: Spell power, Crit

  3. Phasing

    MMO

    The world showing different things to different players depending on their quest progress — a burned-down town for you, a normal one for your friend.

    “We can't see each other, it's phasing from the quest.”

    See also: Layer

  4. Reroll

    MMO

    To start a new character, usually a different class, and make it your main.

    “Rerolled priest because the guild needed healers.”

    See also: Alt, Main

  5. Layer

    MMO

    A copy of a zone on the same server, used to spread players out at launch. Layer hopping lets you reach fresh spawns.

    “He's on a different layer, invite him to swap.”

    See also: Server, Phasing

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.