Gaming Terms (Abbreviations, Jargon, and Slang)
Elite
An Extra Life
Third-Person Shooter
eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate
Big Budget Game
Enemy Reinforcements
Advanced Fighting Fantasy
Away From Keyboard
Aggravated or Aggravation
Adults Only
Always On Digital Rights Management
Area of Effect
Anti-Personnel, Armour Piercing
Harmonization of Characteristics
Be Back Later
Battle for Battle (for Dream Island)
Battle for Dream Island
Bad Game
Bind On Account
Bind On Equip
Significant Opponent
Robot Player
Bloons Tower Defense
Beneficial Effect
Fault or Failure
Arrangement of Items, Skills, Etc.
Staying In One Spot
Closed Beta
Collectible Card Game
Cooldown
An Underhanded Strategy
A Group of Gamers
Call of Duty
Video Game
Dungeons and Dragons
Disconnect
Harmful Effect On A Character
Download
Downloadable Content
Deadmines or Dire Maul
Damage Per Second
Digital Rights Management
Double Tap
Closed-Off Area
Distant Worlds
Everyone (Game Classification)
Ages 10 and Up
Hidden Feature
Entertainment Software Rating Board
Experience Points
Easy
Free to Play
Full Combo
Character Who Benefits from a FEEDER
Player Who Dies Easily in a Game
Fast Finish, Final Fantasy, Forfeit, Friendly Fire
Five Nights at Freddy's
Friday Night Funkin'
Field of View or Field of Vision
First-Person Shooter
For the Win
Good Fight
Good F*cking Game, Good Freaking Game
Good Game
Good Game No Rematch
Good Games
Good Luck, Have Fun
Minor Fault
Exploiting Minor Faults in Games
Bad Faith Player
Good Race, Good Round
Performing Repetitive Tasks
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
A Group Of Gamers
Cheating
Cheating
Cheating
Gaming Items
Have Fun
Health Points or Hit Points
Heads-Up Display
Island Dream for Battle" or "dnalsI maerD roF elttaB
In Game
In-Game Name & Entertainment Website
Imbalanced
Incoming
Independent.
Video Game, Video Gaming Company.
Kills / Deaths
Kill-to-Death Ratio
Kill Ratio
Slow Response
Elite
Looking for Group
Looking for More
Looking for Party
Prize or Treasure
Mature (For Ages 17+)
Unit of Magical Power
Most Effective Tactics Available
Gaming the Game
Map Hack
Missing In Action
A Popular Open-World Game
Playing Minecraft
Mortal Kombat
Massively Multiplayer Online
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing
Mobile Game Entity
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
Modification
Mana Points or Magic Points, Multiplayer
Most Valuable Player
Weaken a Game Feature
Inexperienced or New Person
Non-Player Character
Open Beta
One-Hit Knock-Out
Interjection
Out of Mana
Out of Resource
Over Powered
One Turn Kill
One Trick Pony
Over The Shoulder
On the Way
Peer To Peer, Pay to Play, Pay To Progress
Pay to Win, Play To Win
Update to a Computer Program, Game, or App
Network Connection Speed
Player Kill
Permute Last Layer
Plug And Play
Pay to Win, Play To Win
Pick-Up Group
Player vs Environment
Player vs Monster
Player vs Player
Owned or Truly Beaten
Owned or Truly Beaten
Owned or Truly Beaten
Owned or Truly Beaten
Crying Eyes, Quit
Quick-Time Event
Random Death Match
Resurrect
Online Gaming Platform and Game Creation System
Roblox Currency
Randomly Generated Number
Rating Pending, Role Play
Role-Playing Game
Real-Time Strategy
Upset or Bitter
Open-World Game
Simulation Game
It's OK, Spawn Kill
Aesthetic Look
Sub-Machine Gun
Survival Multiplayer
Experienced Player Playing at a Lower Level
Regenerate
Kill an Opponent as They Regenerate
Nuisance in an Online Shooter Game
Short Stacked, Missing
Number Puzzle Game
Suspicious
Stormwind (World of Warcraft)
Teen (For Ages 13+)
Character Name
Lose Emotional Control
Bad Attitude and Behavior
Teleport
Third-Person Shooter
User Interface
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, VanCleef
Voice Over Internet Protocol
Daily Online Word Game
World of Warcraft
Waypoint, Well Played
Want to Buy, Welcome to Bloxburg
Want to Play?
Want to Sell
Want to Trade
What's Your Status?
Experience Points
Expansion Pack
Video Summarizing GG
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