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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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6 of 304 words for “Mount”

  1. Mount

    MMO

    Your ride. 60% speed at level 40 for 90 gold in vanilla, 100% at 60 for a thousand.

    “Epic mount at 60 is the real endgame.”

    See also: Gold

  2. Gold

    MMO

    The money. Epic mount 1,000 gold, respec 50, a flask 100.

    “Broke again, spent it all on consumes.”

    See also: Auction house, RMT

  3. Hit cap

    WoW

    The amount of +hit after which extra hit does nothing. 9% against raid bosses (16% for spells) in vanilla-style games; 5% against players.

    “Don't stack past the hit cap, swap that ring for crit.”

    “Casters need 16% to be capped on bosses.”

    See also: Crit, Equivalence points

  4. BoE

    MMO

    Also: Bind on equip

    Bind on equip: tradable until someone equips it. The auction house's epics.

    “BoE epic dropped, selling it for the mount.”

    See also: BoP, Auction house

  5. Corpse run

    Raiding & dungeons

    Running your ghost back to your body from the graveyard after dying.

    “Long corpse run from the graveyard to Blackrock Mountain.”

    See also: Wipe, Spirit healer, Ghost

  6. XP

    MMO

    Experience points. Kill, quest, ding.

    “Two bars of XP to 40 and the mount.”

    See also: Ding, Rested XP

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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