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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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2 of 304 words for “Tier set”

  1. Tier set

    Raiding & dungeons

    The class armor sets that drop in each raid tier: Tier 1 in Molten Core, Tier 2 in Blackwing Lair, Tier 3 in Naxxramas.

    “Eight-piece Tier 2 and a Chromaggus trinket, he's done with BWL.”

    See also: Set bonus, Raid

  2. Set bonus

    WoW

    Extra effects for wearing several pieces of the same item set: Tier sets, dungeon sets, PvP sets.

    “Five-piece Bloodfang gives the energy proc, that's the bonus you want.”

    See also: Tier set, BiS

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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