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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

3 of 304 words for “Feed”

  1. Feed

    Gaming slang

    To die a lot and make the enemy stronger for it.

    “Stop feeding the rogue honor, stay at the graveyard.”

    See also: Inting, Honor

  2. GDKP

    Raiding & dungeons

    A gold DKP run: loot goes to the highest gold bid, and the pot is split among everyone at the end. Banned in some versions of the game for feeding gold buying.

    “GDKP for Naxx, 5,000 gold minimum bid on tier.”

    See also: DKP, RMT

  3. Inting

    Gaming slang

    Intentionally feeding: dying on purpose to lose. From 'intentional'.

    “Reported for inting.”

    See also: Throw, Feed

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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