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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 “Sheep”

  1. Sheep

    WoW

    Polymorph, the mage's crowd control that turns a target into a sheep (or a pig, or a turtle). Damage breaks it.

    “Sheep the caster, tank the rest.”

    “Don't hit the sheep!”

    See also: CC, Sap

  2. CC

    PvP

    Also: Crowd control

    Crowd control: anything that takes an enemy out of the fight for a while — sheep, sap, fear, stun, root.

    “CC the healer, then burst the mage.”

    “That pack needs two CCs.”

    See also: Diminishing returns, Sheep, Sap

  3. Pull

    Raiding & dungeons

    To start a fight by getting the enemy's attention. Also the group of enemies you pull.

    “Tank pulls, nobody else.”

    “That's a big pull, sheep the mage.”

    See also: Body pull, Aggro, Trash

  4. Tab target

    Gaming slang

    Cycling targets with the Tab key. How WoW-style combat picks enemies.

    “Tab-targeted the sheep, sorry.”

    See also: Sheep

  5. Trinket

    PvP

    The PvP trinket that breaks you out of crowd control on a two-minute cooldown. 'Trinketing' is using it.

    “He trinketed the sheep, re-sheep!”

    “Don't blow your trinket on a Hamstring.”

    See also: CC

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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