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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

4 of 304 words for “Kite”

  1. Kite

    PvP

    To keep an enemy at range while damaging them, usually with snares: hunters, frost mages and any tank dragging a boss around.

    “Frost mage kiting a warrior across the whole zone.”

    “Kite the adds through the fire.”

    See also: Snare, Root

  2. Cracked

    Gaming slang

    Extremely good, mechanically.

    “That hunter is cracked, kited three people.”

    See also: Mechanically, Diff

  3. Keyboard turner

    Gaming slang

    Someone who turns with the keyboard instead of the mouse. Slow turning loses PvP.

    “Keyboard turners can't kite.”

    See also: Clicker, Backpedal

  4. Leash

    MMO

    The distance an enemy will chase you before giving up and resetting.

    “Kite it to the leash and it resets, don't.”

    See also: Evade, Kite

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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