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Snowflake is a derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions. The term gained prominence in the 2010s, and was declared by The Guardian in Britain to be the "defining insult of ...
Bimbo is slang for a conventionally attractive, sexualized, naïve, and unintelligent woman. [1] The term was originally used in the United States as early as 1919 for an unintelligent or brutish man. [2] As of the early 21st century, the "stereotypical bimbo" appearance became akin to that of a physically attractive woman.
Healslut. In video gaming and BDSM culture, a healslut (a combination of the words "heal" and " slut ") is a player who selects a healer-class character to provide healing to another player as part of a dominant–submissive role-playing dynamic. An online "healslutting" community has sprung up around the dynamic, in which players engage with ...
Metroidvania is a sub-genre of action-adventure games and/or platformers focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration and progression. The term is a portmanteau of the names of the video game series Metroid and Castlevania, based on the template from Metroid (1986), Castlevania II (1987), Super Metroid (1994), and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997).
act. To make a play (check, bet, call, raise, or fold) at the required time, compare to in turn. acting out of turn. A player in poker that either announces their actions or physically plays before their turn (checks, folds etc.). Sometimes players act out of turn intentionally to get a read out of other players.
The term "mobile object" was used by Richard Bartle for objects that were self-mobile in MUD1. Later source code in DikuMUD used the term "mobile" to refer to a generic NPC, shortened further to "mob" in identifiers. DikuMUD was a heavy influence on EverQuest, and the term as it exists in MMORPGs is derived from the MUD usage.
Owned (slang) A message from an "ownage" hacker. Owned is a slang word [1] [2] that originated in the 1990s among hackers where it referred to "rooting" or gaining administrative control over someone else's computer. The term eventually spread to gamers, who used the term to mean defeat in gaming. Other variations of the word owned include ...
The term BDSM is a portmanteau of initialisms intended to encompass all of the following activities: Bondage and discipline ( B & D or B/D) Dominance and submission ( D & S or D/s) (including "master and slave" role-playing scenarios and ongoing relationship structures) Sadism and masochism ( S & M or S/M)