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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

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4 of 304 words for “Exploit”

  1. Exploit

    Gaming slang

    Using a bug to gain an advantage. Bannable when it's serious.

    “Wall-jumping into the instance was an exploit and they hotfixed it.”

    See also: Evade, Hotfix

  2. Cheese

    Gaming slang

    Winning with a cheap trick rather than skill: an exploit, a degenerate strategy, an unfair position.

    “They cheesed the boss by fighting it on the stairs.”

    See also: Exploit, Meta

  3. Evade

    WoW

    When an enemy can't reach you and stops taking damage. Sometimes a bug, sometimes an exploit.

    “Boss is evading, reset the fight.”

    See also: Leash, Exploit

  4. Hotfix

    Gaming slang

    A server-side fix applied without a patch or a restart.

    “Hotfix went in overnight, the exploit's gone.”

    See also: Patch, Nerf

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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