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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

5 of 304 words for “Duel”

  1. Duel

    PvP

    One-on-one consensual PvP, usually outside a capital city. The oldest way to settle who's better.

    “Duel outside Orgrimmar, no potions.”

    See also: World PvP

  2. PvP

    MMO

    Player versus player: duels, battlegrounds, world fights.

    “PvP server, expect to die in STV.”

    See also: PvE, Battleground, World PvP

  3. World PvP

    PvP

    Fighting other players out in the zones rather than in battlegrounds. Anything from a duel outside Orgrimmar to a 200-person Tarren Mill raid.

    “Southshore vs Tarren Mill was world PvP before battlegrounds existed.”

    See also: Gank, STV

  4. Salty

    Gaming slang

    Bitter about losing.

    “Salty whispers after every duel.”

    See also: Tilt, Scrub

  5. Scrub

    Gaming slang

    A bad player who blames everything but themselves.

    “Scrub lost the duel and blamed lag.”

    See also: Noob, Salty

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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