The Weird & Wonderful Language Of Gaming

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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Gaming Glossary: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/computers/tips-and-solutions/gaming-week-gamers-glossary
Retro Gaming Glossary: https://www.svg.com/99097/old-school-words-todays-gamers-wont-understand/
Triple AAA: https://www.quora.com/What-does-AAA-mean-in-AAA-title-game
Aggro: https://notoneoffbritishisms.com/2012/10/27/aggro/
Grind: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/442259/why-do-they-call-it-grinding
Buff and Nerf: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/nerf-buff-meaning-video-games-coined-series
Buff: https://www.etymonline.com/word/buff#etymonline_v_18035
Camping: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/coined-how-camping-became-the-call-of-duty-strategy-gamers-love-to-hate
Cheese: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/21867/origins-of-the-gaming-term-cheese-strategy
Salty: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/246556/etymology-of-the-term-salty-when-used-as-slang
Griefing: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/griefing-meaning-online-video-games-overwatch-counterstrike
N00b: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/noob-meaning-definition-video-game-terms-explained
Pwned: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/pwned-meaning-definition-origins-video-games-internet-hackers
1-Up: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-1up-went-from-pinball-to-gamer-speak

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