MC

(video games, informal) Initialism of Minecraft.


lapis

Lapis, opal, &c. are poliſh'd on a wooden wheel. To faſhion and Engrave vaſes of agate, cryſtal, lapis, or the like, they make uſe of a kind of lathe like that us'd by pewterers, excepting that as the pewterers lathe holds the veſſels, which are to be wrought with proper tools; that of the Engraver generally holds the tools which are turn'd by a wheel, and the veſſels held to them to be cut and engraven either in relievo or otherwiſe; [...]

1735, [John Barrow], “ENGRAVING”, in Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested. […], volume I (A–H), London: […] C[harles] Hitch and C[harles] Davis […], and S[amuel] Austen […], →OCLC:

French Bead Necklace of lapis or carnelian color, with crystal rondelles between each bead, graduated, 32 inches long.

1923 (reprinted 1993), Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923 (Franklin Simon & Co, New York), item number 53

That lapis lazuli in particular among the precious and semi-precious stones known from Mesopotamia was accorded considerable value in antiquity may be inferred from the archaeological record through association with high-status locii and goods. [...] deities receive votive gifts and booty of lapis, consisting of items of personal adornment and cult objects, while their temples are described as decorated with lapis or shining like lapis. [...] For example, the contents of the graves in the Royal Cemetery of Ur: [...] various objects employing inlay that include lapis among the insets, [...] Mari sent an emissary to acquire lapis from Lars.

2010, Irene Winter, editor, On Art in the Ancient Near East: From the Third Millennium B.C.E., page 291:

The buddha lands described in the Lotus share certain generic features: the ground is made of lapis or crystal; they are perfectly level, without mountains or valleys; they are free from all manner of filth, including the stench of latrines [...] The ground was made of lapis lazuli, [...]

2011, Daniel Boscaljon, Hope and the Longing for Utopia: Futures and Illusions in Theology and Narrative, page 99:


SMP

Symbolic Manipulation Program
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(computing) Initialism of Symbolic Manipulation Program (“a computer algebra system and predecessor of Mathematica”).

Symbolic Manipulation Program

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(computing) Initialism of Supplementary Multilingual Plane, one of the sets of character codepoints in Unicode; formally known as Plane 1, and comprising the range of codepoints from U+10000 through U+1FFFF.

Supplementary Multilingual Plane

Send More Paramedics
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MCC

(video games, informal) Abbreviation of MC Championship.


Minecrafty

en-adj

Minecrafty (comparative more Minecrafty or Minecraftier, superlative most Minecrafty or Minecraftiest)

more Minecrafty (comparative)
Minecraftier (comparative)
most Minecrafty (superlative)
Minecraftiest (superlative)

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Stranded 2 - a fun little game, now available for free. A bit minecrafty.

2011 May 16, John Dow, “Re: Premiership, West Ham, Balls, European”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet):

If you've been living in a massively multiplayer cave for the last few months, it's the pretty Minecrafty prologue to the ambitious Everquest Next, which will let you build and decorate and even alter the terrain of the world/s as you see fit.

2013 December 7, Tom Sykes, “Everquest Next Landmark trailer asks the pertinent question 'What is Everquest Next Landmark?'”, in PC Gamer:

If you've been busy mining, farming, and doing all the other Minecrafty things that get you established, […]

2014, Stephen O'Brien, The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft, Que Publishing, →ISBN, page 137:

(video games, informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Minecraft.


Minecrafter

If the game is on easy mode, the zombies will just pound on the doors and create a really nice scare and, as any Minecrafter knows, they won’t even spawn on peaceful mode.

2012 February 27, Meg Iserloth, “Mojang: Where are They Now?”, in University Chronicle, volume 88, number 33, St. Cloud, Minn.: St. Cloud State University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, column 3:

Furthermore, you can sync with other Minecrafters on a local area network in order to invite and play with friends in your own little world.

2013, Darren Murph, “The Best Not-exactly-productive Apps”, in iPhone Secrets: Do What You Never Thought Possible with Your iPhone, Indianapolis, Ind.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part III (Diving into Software), page 185:

He and others in the community had begun discussing the opportunity for a gathering of Minecrafters, similar to anime and sci-fi conventions.

2013 November 4, David Langlois, “Minecon 2013 – Creepin’ around the Corner”, in The Bay Window, volume 14, number 3, Muskegon, Mich.: Muskegon Community College, →OCLC, page 5, column 2:

(video games) A person who plays the game Minecraft.


Minecraft

Compound of mine + craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.

Chlorine blue, bordered in forest green and looking out onto a Grecian gazebo, the pool was composed of hundreds of ceramic kitchen tiles, like a Minecraft version of C.Z. Guest’s once-upon-a-time world.

2016 September 13, Vanessa Friedman, “New York Fashion Week Comes to Life With Thom Browne and Proenza Schouler”, in The New York Times:

If you know a tween, chances are you have bought them something sparkly in the past couple of years – and not only if they are a girl. From Next’s boys’ sequinned T-shirt that flips between Minecraft designs to Paperchase’s rainbow-encrusted notebook[…], these addictively tactile surfaces are everywhere.

2019 February 25, Dale Berning Sawa, “Why the world has gone wild for reversible sequins”, in The Guardian:

London’s mayoralty insists that its new homes must look like old homes – just new, and more of them. So the city has ended up with endless variations of a Georgian terrace that looks like it’s been rendered in Minecraft.

2022 August 24, India Block, “Like a beige, banal biscuit tin: why London’s new buildings all look the same”, in The Guardian:

(video games) A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items and build structures.


Minecraft

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.


Minecraft

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft


Minecraft

de-proper noun

Minecraft n (proper noun, strong, genitive Minecrafts)

Minecrafts (genitive)
Minecraft (nominative singular)
Minecrafts (genitive singular)
Minecraft (dative singular)
Minecraft (accusative singular)


minecraftiano

es-adj

minecraftiano (feminine minecraftiana, masculine plural minecraftianos, feminine plural minecraftianas)

minecraftiana (feminine)
minecraftianos (masculine plural)
minecraftianas (feminine plural)


minecraftiano

es-noun

minecraftiano m (plural minecraftianos, feminine minecraftiana, feminine plural minecraftianas)

minecraftianos (plural)
minecraftiana (feminine)
minecraftianas (feminine plural)


我的世界

ㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

/wɔ²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/wɔ²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

(Mainland China) Minecraft (a sandbox video game)


spleef

en-verb

spleef (third-person singular simple present spleefs, present participle spleefing, simple past and past participle spleefed)

spleefs (present singular third-person)
spleefing (participle present)
spleefed (participle past)
spleefed (past)

From Spleef, the name of a minigame on Minecraft, a blend of splat + grief.

These servers host many types of gameplay, from minigames, to spleefing (my favorite), to PvP (I'm terrible at Player-vs-Player battles), to fractions, to Survival, to Creative . . . It's amazing what people have created with Minecraft, and these many, many servers are evidence of the creative potential Minecraft offers those with imaginative minds.

2015, Mark Cheverton, The Jungle Temple Oracle: The Mystery of Herobrine, page IX:

It also includes everything you need to Spleef right, like observation posts and an entrance way (most Spleef games are teleported to from servers, so they need somewhere to enter), and it would work great on just about any server.

Minecraft Event, Jan. 24 to April 25, Jan. 24 10 a.m. Kida^([sic – meaning Kids]) ages 7 to 14 are invited to join in the “grinding, building, spleefing and raising of diamond swords” at this monthly Minecraft Event with instructor Rand Whipple and the Box of Light Studio staff.

2015 January 15, “The List: A Weekly Guide to Area Events & Attractions”, in The Citizens’ Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., page J12, column 4:

As parents are confused at the dinner table when their offspring talk about ‘Endermen’ and ‘spleefing’[…]

2017 August, “Reviews”, in Starburst, page 101, column 2:

(video games) To play the Minecraft game of "Spleef", in which players try to knock blocks out from beneath other players in order to be the last player standing.


マインクラフト

[ma̠ĩŋkɯ̟ɾa̠ɸɯ̟̊to̞]


麥塊

/maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

Phono-semantic matching of English Minecraft.

psm

(Taiwan, informal) Minecraft (a sandbox video game)


當個創世神

ㄉㄤ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄣˊ

Дан гэ Чуаншишэнь

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂən³⁵/

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂən³⁵/

(Taiwan, Hong Kong) Minecraft (a sandbox video game)


obby

en-noun

obby (countable and uncountable, plural obbies)

This obby is going to be a dungeon-style theme. Players will have to run down long corridors, avoid traps, make death-defying leaps, and run along cobblestone mazes.

2019, Heath Haskins, The Advanced Roblox Coding Book: An Unofficial Guide, page 167:

Obstacle courses are very popular on Roblox. These games are usually called "obby" by Roblox players. In an average obby, you might need to jump across tiny platforms. Or slide down a twisting slope. Or both at once! An obby usually starts out easy and gets tougher as it goes.

2020, Josh Gregory, Games and Genres in Roblox, page 9:

Obstacle games can have potential for massive visits if it is a great obby.

The saga continues for Liz as she faces one obby after another.

2021, Sara Coleman, 101 Unofficial Roblox Story Starters, page 20:

(countable, Roblox) Clipping of obstacle course.

With a newly "looted" obby shield and a fresh Verac Plateskirt in inventory I decided to teleport to closest bank and have a break from the game.

2015, Sean Mintz, Computer Games: The Complete Guide to Computer Games Learning:

I reckon Runescape^([sic]) is the game that introduced my young, ignorant, and stubborn self to modern RPGs. In a way, I owe at least part of how my career has shaped up to trimmed rune and obby capes.

2021 January 4, Cian Maher, “Runescape^([sic]) Is 20 Years Old Today - Here's How I Started A Pyramid Scheme When I Was Nine”, in TheGamer, archived from the original on 2022-06-19:

Oh yeah? I'll say, lying down and closing my eyes beside them while they talk to me about mooshrooms and obby swords. Tell me more.

2021 May 6, Kate Baer, “12 Moms on Their Secret Strengths”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-05-06:

(uncountable, RuneScape, Minecraft) Clipping of obsidian.


MCPE

(video games) Initialism of Minecraft Pocket Edition.


майнкрафт

ru-noun+

майнкра́фт • (majnkráft) m inan (genitive майнкра́фта, uncountable)

майнкра́фт (canonical)
majnkráft (romanization)
майнкра́фта (genitive)
майнкра́фт (nominative singular)
майнкра́фта (genitive singular)
майнкра́фту (dative singular)
майнкра́фт (accusative singular)
майнкра́фтом (instrumental singular)
майнкра́фте (prepositional singular)

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майнкрафт

uk-noun

майнкра́фт<sg.gena>

майнкра́фт (canonical)
majnkráft (romanization)
майнкра́фта (genitive)
майнкра́фт (nominative singular)
майнкра́фта (genitive singular)
майнкра́фтові (dative singular)
майнкра́фту (dative singular)
майнкра́фт (accusative singular)
майнкра́фтом (instrumental singular)
майнкра́фту (locative singular)
майнкра́фті (locative singular)
майнкра́фте (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

майнкра́фт<sg.gena>

uk:майнкрафт


майнкрафтер

head

майнкра́фтер

майнкра́фтер • (majnkráfter)

майнкра́фтер (canonical)
majnkráfter (romanization)
майнкра́фтер (nominative singular)
майнкра́фтеры (nominative plural)
майнкра́фтера (genitive singular)
майнкра́фтеров (genitive plural)
майнкра́фтеру (dative singular)
майнкра́фтерам (dative plural)
майнкра́фтера (accusative singular)
майнкра́фтеров (accusative plural)
майнкра́фтером (instrumental singular)
майнкра́фтерами (instrumental plural)
майнкра́фтере (prepositional singular)
майнкра́фтерах (plural prepositional)

(Internet slang, gaming, neologism) Minecrafter


майнкрафтер

uk-noun

майнкра́фтер<pr>

майнкра́фтер • (majnkráfter) m pers (genitive майнкра́фтера, nominative plural майнкра́фтери, genitive plural майнкра́фтерів)

майнкра́фтер (canonical)
majnkráfter (romanization)
майнкра́фтера (genitive)
майнкра́фтери (nominative plural)
майнкра́фтерів (genitive plural)
майнкра́фтер (nominative singular)
майнкра́фтери (nominative plural)
майнкра́фтера (genitive singular)
майнкра́фтерів (genitive plural)
майнкра́фтерові (dative singular)
майнкра́фтеру (dative singular)
майнкра́фтерам (dative plural)
майнкра́фтера (accusative singular)
майнкра́фтерів (accusative plural)
майнкра́фтером (instrumental singular)
майнкра́фтерами (instrumental plural)
майнкра́фтерові (locative singular)
майнкра́фтеру (locative singular)
майнкра́фтері (locative singular)
майнкра́фтерах (locative plural)
майнкра́фтере (singular vocative)
майнкра́фтери (plural vocative)

майн‧кра‧фтер


Minecraftian

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(video games, rare) A person who plays the game Minecraft; a Minecrafter.


speedbridge

en-verb

speedbridge (third-person singular simple present speedbridges, present participle speedbridging, simple past and past participle speedbridged)

speedbridges (present singular third-person)
speedbridging (participle present)
speedbridged (participle past)
speedbridged (past)

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He's good at speed bridging and he's also organized a 1v1 tournament on the game mode before.

2021 July 19, Bhagyasri Chaudhury, “Who is Purpled? James Charles slammed for posting pic of Minecraft YouTuber, 17”, in MEAWW:

Ten teams of four competitors participate in eight different minigames that test a variety of skills within Minecraft. These skills can range from anything between player-versus-player combat, speedbridging, parkour, building, and more.

2021 October 31, Hannah (Tyler) Dahlberg, “Minecraft Championship (MCC) All-Stars: First half of the competing teams revealed”, in Sportskeeda:

This technique is useful in shooting games, PvP games, Minecraft, and clicking games. It provides fast clicking, with the virtue that you can kill more enemies, do speed bridging, and more.

2022 June 6, RJ Frometa, “Drag Click Test: Improve Your Clicks Per Second Rate With Drag Clicking Technique”, in Vents Magazine:

Knowing how to speed bridge without falling to your death can come in handy in some of these servers.

2022 September 23, Petra Dolovski, “How to Speed Bridge in Minecraft”, in Diamond Lobby:

(video games, Minecraft) To build a bridge under oneself using one of several techniques which minimize the amount of crouching, resulting in a significantly faster pace of construction.


in Minecraft

From in + Minecraft (“a sandbox video game in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items and build structures”), implying that the speaker’s statement does not refer to the real world but merely the game. Apparently originated from the 4chan board /pol/ around early 2018.

Dylan, like many nine-year-olds, enjoys books but is more enthusiastic when talking about Minecraft, which he does with the casual expertise that many children have with their favourite games. He's already made his own Hunger Games world in Minecraft at home, but couldn't get some of his traps to work.

2018 July 11, Alison Flood, Sian Cain, “How Minecraft is helping kids fall in love with books”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-08:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, Minecraft.


minecraftero

es-adj

minecraftero (feminine minecraftera, masculine plural minecrafteros, feminine plural minecrafteras)

minecraftera (feminine)
minecrafteros (masculine plural)
minecrafteras (feminine plural)


minecraftero

es-noun

minecraftero m (plural minecrafteros, feminine minecraftera, feminine plural minecrafteras)

minecrafteros (plural)
minecraftera (feminine)
minecrafteras (feminine plural)


Minecrafteur

fr-noun

Minecrafteur m (plural Minecrafteurs, feminine Minecrafteuse)

Minecrafteurs (plural)
Minecrafteuse (feminine)

Minecraft + -eur (ultimately from English Minecrafter)

A Minecrafter; someone who plays Minecraft


Minecraftlike

en-adj

Minecraftlike (comparative more Minecraftlike, superlative most Minecraftlike)

more Minecraftlike (comparative)
most Minecraftlike (superlative)

2015 July 25, Heath Hindman, “4 Screens Give a Look at Dragon Quest’s Minecraftlike Spinoff”, in PlayStation LifeStyle:

Resembling or characteristic of the game Minecraft.


crit out

en-verb

crit out (third-person singular simple present crits out, present participle critting out, simple past and past participle critted out or crit out)

crits out (present singular third-person)
critting out (participle present)
critted out (participle past)
critted out (past)
crit out (participle past)
crit out (past)

(video games, Minecraft, transitive) To kill (a player) with critical hits.


マイクラ

マインクラフト マインクラフト#Japanese

Clipping of マインクラフト (Mainkurafuto, “Minecraft”).


MCYT

(fandom slang) An online video content creator (YouTuber or livestreamer) who makes content related to Minecraft.


MCYT

Unfortunately MCYT covers Literally Every Single Person who uploaded a Minecraft YouTube video and is suuuuper broad and general.

The popularity of the Minecraft YouTuber community (MCYT) has spiked with teenagers. They give youth a healthy environment to connect through common interests no matter their background. However, there are cons to the community that should not be overlooked.

2021 July 9, Natalie Ruggeri, “The Sides to MCYT”, in Kennedy Torch:

(fandom slang) The online fanbase centering on Minecraft video content creators.