🎮 Gaming Slang

1. GG - “Good game” (sportsmanship)
   “GG, well played everyone!”

2. OP - Overpowered (unbalanced advantage)
   “That new weapon is totally OP”

3. Nerf - Weaken a game element
   ”They nerfed my main character”

4. Buff - Strengthen a game element
   ”Mages got buffed in the update”

5. Hitbox - Attack detection area
   ”His hitbox is broken!”

6. Noob - New/unskilled player
   ”Stop rushing in like a noob”

7. Pro - Professional/skilled player
   ”Watch how this pro handles it”

8. Tryhard - Overly competitive player
   ”Dude’s being such a tryhard”

9. Camper - Stays in one spot
   ”Sniper camping on the roof”

10. Leeroy Jenkins - Reckless rusher
    ”Bro just pulled a Leeroy Jenkins”

11. Pwned - Dominated (misspelling of “owned”)
    “You just got pwned!”

12. Rez - Resurrect
    ”Can someone rez me?”

13. Kiting - Luring enemies
    ”I’m kiting the boss to the group”

14. Gank - Ambush
    ”Jungler came to gank my lane”

15. Feed - Repeatedly die (giving enemies advantage)
    “Stop feeding their carry!”

16. DPS - Damage Per Second (damage-dealing role)
    “We need more DPS for this raid”

17. Tank - Damage-absorbing role
    ”Who’s tanking this boss?”

18. Healer - Support role
    ”Healer’s out of mana”

19. Aggro - Enemy attention
    ”Don’t pull aggro yet!”

20. LFG - Looking for Group
    ”LFG for Nightfall strike”

21. Frag - Kill
    ”I fragged their whole team”

22. 360 no-scope - Flashy sniper kill
    ”Did you see that 360 no-scope?!”

23. Spray and pray - Shoot randomly
    ”Just spraying and praying here”

24. Headglitch - Exploiting cover mechanics
    ”He’s headglitching behind that box”

25. Peek - Briefly expose yourself
    ”Don’t peek that angle”

26. Pog/Poggers - Expression of excitement
    ”Poggers! That play was insane!”

27. Clutch - Last-second victory
    ”1v4 and he clutched it!”

28. Throw - Blow a sure win
    ”We had it and you threw!”

29. Tilted - Frustrated (from pinball)
    “I’m so tilted after that loss”

30. Smurf - Skilled player on alt account
    ”That’s clearly a smurf account”

31. Meta - Most effective tactics available
    ”Shotguns are meta right now”

32. Cheese - Cheap/easy strategy
    ”Don’t cheese the boss fight”

33. Zerg rush - Overwhelm with numbers
    ”They’re going for a zerg rush”

34. AFK - Away from keyboard
    ”Our healer went AFK”

35. GLHF - “Good luck, have fun"
    "GLHF everyone!”

36. Hit reg - Hit registration
    ”That shot should’ve hit - bad hit reg”

37. Tick rate - Server update speed
    ”High tick rate servers feel smoother”

38. Clipping - Passing through objects
    ”I clipped through the wall”

39. Ping - Network latency
    ”My ping is spiking to 200”

40. FPS - Frames per second
    ”I need more FPS for this game”

41. LAN - Local Area Network tournament
    ”The LAN finals are this weekend”

42. Sweaty - Intense competitive play
    ”These matches are getting sweaty”

43. Overtime - Tiebreaker round
    ”We’re going into overtime!”

44. Pick/Ban - Character selection phase
    ”Their pick/ban strategy was perfect”

45. Spawn trap - Prevent enemy respawns
    ”They’ve got us spawn trapped”

46. BoE - Bind on Equip
    ”This epic sword is BoE”

47. BoP - Bind on Pickup
    ”Can’t trade it - it’s BoP”

48. GDKP - Gold Dragon Kill Points (loot system)
    “We’re running GDKP raids”

49. Ninja loot - Steal dropped items
    ”Hunter ninja looted the chest”

50. Farm - Repeatedly collect resources
    ”Need to farm more gold”

51. Loot - Collect gear
    ”Land here for good loot”

52. Drop - Starting location
    ”Where are we dropping?”

53. Thirst - Finish downed players
    ”Don’t thirst - watch for teammates”

54. Zone - Shrinking play area
    ”We need to move with the zone”

55. Chicken Dinner - Victory (PUBG)
    “Got my first chicken dinner!”

56. Combo - Sequence of attacks
    ”Land that 10-hit combo”

57. Frame data - Move timing info
    ”Study your frame data”

58. Turtle - Defensive playstyle
    ”Stop turtling and attack”

59. Wake-up - Action after being knocked down
    ”Watch for his wake-up DP”

60. Salty - Bitter after losing
    ”He’s so salty after that match”

61. PB - Personal Best
    ”Just got a new PB!”

62. WR - World Record
    ”That run was WR pace”

63. RNG - Random Number Generation (luck)
    “Bad RNG ruined my run”

64. Glitchless - No exploits used
    ”This category is glitchless”

65. Segmented - Run done in parts
    ”Doing a segmented speedrun”

66. CS - Creep Score (minion kills)
    “Your CS is too low”

67. Jungle - Neutral monster area
    ”I’ll jungle this game”

68. Baron - Powerful neutral objective
    ”They’re doing Baron!”

69. Split push - Pressure multiple lanes
    ”Trynd is split pushing bot”

70. KS - Kill Steal
    ”Stop KS’ing my kills!”

71. P2W - Pay to Win
    ”This game is so P2W”

72. F2P - Free to Play
    ”It’s F2P but has microtransactions”

73. Hotkey - Keyboard shortcut
    ”Change your hotkeys”

74. Macro - Automated command sequence
    ”Using macros is cheating”

75. Hit-scan - Instant-hit weapons
    ”Hit-scan guns have no bullet drop”

76. Toxic - Negative behavior
    ”This lobby is so toxic”

77. Patch notes - Update details
    ”Read the patch notes”

78. Dev - Developer
    ”The devs messed up this update”

79. Beta - Test version
    ”Sign up for the beta”

80. Grind - Repetitive progression
    ”Need to grind for XP”

81. Motion sickness - VR nausea
    ”This game gives me motion sickness”

82. Roomscale - Physical movement VR
    ”Roomscale VR is immersive”

83. Teleport - Movement method
    ”I prefer teleport over smooth locomotion”

84. Guardian - Play area boundary
    ”Set up your guardian system”

85. Pancake game - Non-VR version
    ”This is better than the pancake game”

86. Speedrun - Complete game quickly
    ”Watch this Mario speedrun”

87. ROM - Game file
    ”Download the ROM”

88. Emulator - Console simulator
    ”I use a PS2 emulator”

89. Save state - Instant save
    ”Abusing save states”

90. 8-bit/16-bit - Pixel art style
    ”Love that 16-bit aesthetic”

91. Gacha - Random reward system
    ”This game has brutal gacha rates”

92. Energy system - Playtime limit
    ”Stuck waiting for energy to refill”

93. Auto-play - Automated gameplay
    ”Just put it on auto-play”

94. Whale - Big spender
    ”Whales keep this game running”

95. Ad skip - Watch ad for reward
    ”Ugh, another ad skip”

96. Roguelike - Permadeath genre
    ”This roguelike is brutal”

97. Soulslike - Difficult action RPG
    ”New soulslike just dropped”

98. Metroidvania - Exploration platformer
    ”Best metroidvania since Hollow Knight”

99. Walking sim - Narrative exploration
    ”More of a walking sim than horror”

100. Bullet hell - Dodging-intensive shooter
     ”This bullet hell is insane!”