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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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5 of 304 words for “Mana”

  1. Mana

    WoW

    The blue bar: casters' resource. Regenerates from spirit outside the five-second rule.

    “Drink after every pull to keep mana up.”

    See also: OOM, Five-second rule

  2. Five-second rule

    WoW

    Also: FSR

    Vanilla's mana rule: no spirit-based regeneration for five seconds after any spell. Healers cancel-cast and skip heals to get regen ticks.

    “Stop casting for five seconds and let the regen tick.”

    See also: Mana, OOM

  3. OOM

    WoW

    Also: Out of mana

    Out of mana. The healer's most important sentence.

    “OOM, stop pulling.”

    “Innervate me, I'm OOM.”

    See also: Healer, Mana

  4. Overheal

    Raiding & dungeons

    Healing done to someone already at full health. Wasted mana; meters show it separately.

    “70% overheal, you're spamming Flash Heal.”

    See also: HPS, OOM

  5. Tick

    WoW

    One pulse of a damage- or heal-over-time effect, or of mana regeneration.

    “Corruption ticks for 140 every three seconds.”

    See also: DoT, HoT

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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