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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.

Word of the day

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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3 of 304 words for “Respec”

  1. Respec

    WoW

    Paying the trainer to reset your talents. The price rises each time, up to 50 gold in vanilla.

    “Respec cost is 50g now, I'm staying fury.”

    “I respec'd to tank for the raid.”

    See also: Talent, Spec, Dual spec

  2. F in chat

    Gaming slang

    Also: Press F

    Paying respects, from a 2014 Call of Duty prompt. Type F when something dies.

    “Died at 59 on hardcore. F in chat.”

    See also: Pog, Hardcore

  3. 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

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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