WoW slang

February 24, 2007 · Hobbies

For 1 and 1/2 year i'm playing WoW and i'm impressed with the language extensions that players have invent in order to express more effectively during the game. Each language has its own of course and i will provide a few:

Tank	Usually referred to a warrior, paladin (protection) or druid (feral). The player that will face the enemy in melee combat and usually gets lots of damage.
Healadin or Spelladin	A holy paladin
n00b	An amateur player
Retradin	A retribution paladin
Cookie cutter	An Arms warrior with two-handed weapon
Off-tank	Secondary tank for a party. Usually helps the tanking
DPS or DeePeeEss	Damage per Second. Usually used as "ok <player>, now go dps".
Ress & ressing	Ressurecting a dead player
lewt	loot ... spoils from battles
mkay	Okay
HoT and DoT	Referred to spells or buffs that do Healing over Time, Damage over Time
Rep	Reputation (usually with some in game factions)
Instance	Referred when a player wants to do (or is inside) a dungeon

You can find some more slang in this web site.