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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Wipe

Raiding & dungeons

Everyone dies. Then the corpse run, the buffs, and the second attempt.

“We wiped at 2%.”

“Wipe it, the tank's dead and the healers are OOM.”

See also: Corpse run, Progression

All words

2 of 304 words for “EFC”

  1. EFC

    PvP

    Enemy flag carrier. The one everyone should be hitting.

    “EFC is in their tunnel with two healers, we need to send more.”

    See also: Flag carrier, WSG

  2. Also: FC

    The player holding the flag in Warsong Gulch. Your own is the FC, the enemy's is the EFC.

    “Peel for the flag carrier!”

    “Druid FC with speed and travel form is the classic pick.”

    See also: EFC, WSG, Peel

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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