popoff

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Valorant Champions is set to kick off on August 31 with the top teams from around the world fighting for the trophy in Istanbul, Turkey. Out of those 16 teams, here are five players that fans should keep their eyes on throughout Valorant Champions for popoff plays.

2022 August 30, Declan Mclaughlin, “Top 5 players to watch at Valorant Champions 2022”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 2023-03-27:

(video games, slang) A period of time where a player performs extremely well in a video game.


unpirateable

en-adj

unpirateable (comparative more unpirateable, superlative most unpirateable)

more unpirateable (comparative)
most unpirateable (superlative)

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In addition to being completely unnecessary for a single-player game and a blatant attempt to make the game unpirateable at the cost of consumers, "Always-Online" also completely screwed up Simcity's launch when the servers malfunctioned for weeks, leaving customers unable to play their own game.

2014 January 16, Tom McKay, “This Company Could Be Named the Worst in the U.S. 3 Years in a Row. But Why Do They Suck?”, in MIC:

2016 January 12, Chad Sapieha, “Just Cause 3 is proving nearly unpirateable, and that's great”, in Financial Post:

One of the reasons many companies decided to switch to online and live service games is exactly that they are unpirateable.

2023 August 24, Switch_Pro, “Denuvo's 'Switch Emulator Protection' Is Now Available Via Nintendo's Official Dev Portal”, in Nintendo Life:

(software, computing) Not able to be pirated by third parties.


face tank

en-verb

face tank (third-person singular simple present face tanks, present participle face tanking, simple past and past participle face tanked)

face tanks (present singular third-person)
face tanking (participle present)
face tanked (participle past)
face tanked (past)

From tank (“attract or resist damage”) and face (“the player character as opposed to minions”), the idea being that to face tank is to accept enemy attacks without any attempt to deflect their damage to non-player entities; thus, to simply absorb them directly.

(video games) To absorb damage directly, especially in an unsophisticated or unskillful way.


soundfont

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From the trademark SoundFont, from sound + font.

In the description of the upload, Brad gave credit to Mine Timelapser for providing the soundfont for K.K Slider’s instrumentals. This has all of K.K. Slider’s notes available to download for composers that wish to recreate songs in the style of the guitar-playing dog.

2020 August 22, Max Mastrogiacomo, “Gravity Falls Composer Recreates Theme Song As Animal Crossing’s KK Slider”, in ScreenRant (news):

It quite incredibly recreates the entire 43-minute album with the Super Mario 64 soundfont (a soundfont is essentially all the files used to create a given soundtrack), and I can only speculate at the amount of time that's gone into this.

2023 January 27, Rich Stanton, “Legend recreates entire Radiohead album with Mario 64 sounds, even Jonny Greenwood likes it”, in PC Gamer (news):

"About two years ago I made a version of Roygbiv by Boards Of Canada in the Mario 64 soundfont," he said.

2023 May 2, Courtney Fry, “Nintendo 64 covers of massive tunes are flooding YouTube, but who's making them?”, in ABC News (news):

(video games, informal) The set of digitized instruments used in the soundtrack of a video game.


GaaS

Glu Mobile, who realigned its workforce towards centralized GaaS functions last year, announced earlier this month that it will shut down GameSpy Technology on May 31. The service provides multiplayer functionality for dozens of games on consoles, computers and mobile devices.

2014 May 1, Jenna Pitcher, “Glu Mobile acquires Diner Dash developer PlayFirst”, in Polygon, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

(video games) Initialism of games as a service.


Boehm collector

en-noun

Boehm collector (plural Boehm collectors)

(programming) A kind of mark-and-sweep garbage collector .


buy-to-play

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(video games) That which can be played with a single, one-time purchase, instead of a subscription-based model or being free; pay-to-play.


(video games) Abbreviation of buy-to-play (“that which can be played with a single, one-time purchase; pay-to-play”).


cheevo

(video games, slang) An achievement (award for meeting an objective).


true ending

(video games) An ending in a video game that leaves no ambiguity, mystery or doubt.


rage game

A video game specifically designed to anger the player.


empty string

From empty (“containing no elements”) + string (“ordered sequence of text characters”).

com

(programming) A string with a length of zero.


TBOI

The Binding of Isaac
w:The Binding of Isaac (video game)

(video games) Initialism of The Binding of Isaac.


frame one

(video games) Of a player character's attack, active on the first frame after the player's input.


time-tracking software

(computing, software, business, human resources) A program or application allowing a user to record the amount of time spent on tasks or projects.


canary release

en-noun

canary release (countable and uncountable, plural canary releases)

(computing, software) A deployment strategy performed in order to reduce the risk of introducing a new software version in production by slowly rolling out the change to a small subset of users.


Time Complex Simulator

(computing, programming) A complex and arithmetic version of the Time Simulator language.


Time Simulator

(computing, programming) A stack-based simulation language.


stack-based

(computing, programming) Of data, utilizing one piece of data from atop the stack, and returning data back atop the stack.


time elapsed counter

time elapsed counter (countable and uncountable, plural time elapsed counters)

(computing, software) A type of stopwatch or timer in a computer system that tracks the passage of time of a compiling, download, or other task.


time parameter

(computing, software) A function used to specify the maximum CPU utilization time permitted for the job to execute.

(programming) A parameter that represents time.


aspectualize

en-verb

aspectualize (third-person singular simple present aspectualizes, present participle aspectualizing, simple past and past participle aspectualized)

aspectualizes (present singular third-person)
aspectualizing (participle present)
aspectualized (participle past)
aspectualized (past)

The mixin and aspect code generators in JULIA provide a lightweight, flexible yet efficient means to aspectualize components.

2004, Eric Bruneton, Thierry Coupaye, Matthieu Leclercq, Vivien Quema, Jean-Bernard Stefani, Ivica Crnkovic, “An Open Component Model and Its Support in Java”, in Component-Based Software Engineering:

Many works are dedicated to aspectualize component models.

2010, Abdelhakim Hannousse, Gilles Ardourel, Re/mi Douence, “Views for Aspectualizing Component Models”, in Bram Adams, Michael Haupt, Daniel Lohmann, editor, Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Aspects, Components, and Patterns for Infrastructure Software, page 25:

(programming) To use as an implementation for aspects.


damage over time

en-noun

damage over time (countable and uncountable, plural damages over time)

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(video games, roleplaying games) The amount of damage sustained by a person or a computer player character, distributed over a time period.


system time

system time (countable and uncountable, plural system times)

(computing, programming) The passage of time of a computer system, including the passing of days on the calendar.


exit time

exit time (countable and uncountable, plural exit times)

(computing, software) The point in time in which a process completes its execution and exits from the system.


turnaround time

turnaround time (countable and uncountable, plural turnaround times)

(business, marketing, computing, software) The amount of time required to complete a process or fulfill a request.


execution time

execution time (countable and uncountable, plural execution times)

(computing, software) The amount of time required for a program or task to complete a single instruction on a computer system.


instruction time

instruction time (countable and uncountable, plural instruction times)

(computing, software) The total amount of time required for an instruction to be fetched from memory and stored in the instruction register.


command processing overhead time

command processing overhead time (countable and uncountable, plural command processing overhead times)

command processing overhead times (plural)

(computing, software) The amount of processing time which a device requires, prior to the execution of a command.


coding time

coding time (countable and uncountable, plural coding times)

(programming) The amount of time required from the first commit, to a branch, eventually the submission of a pull request.


think time

think time (countable and uncountable, plural think times)

(computing, software) The amount of time for which a script pauses during test execution to simulate a real-world delay.


computation time

computation time (countable and uncountable, plural computation times)

(computing, software) The total amount of time required by a computer to perform a computational process.


lag time

lag time (countable and uncountable, plural lag times)

(computing, networking, video games) The time delay (latency) between the action of the user and the reaction of the server supporting the task, which requires resending to the client.


lookahead time

lookahead time (countable and uncountable, plural lookahead times)

The risk of preemption can be varied by changing the lookahead time when making immediate admission control.

2013, Olov Schelén, Stephen Pink, “Sharing Resources through Advance Reservation Agents”, in Andrew T. Campbell, Klara Nahrstedt, editor, Building QoS into Distributed Systems, page 265:

If the lookahead time is too short, then delays to the scheduling code could mean that the scheduled time is already in the past by the time the library is ready to schedule the notes .

2024, Nick Morgan, JavaScript Crash Course, page 221:

(computing, software) The amount of time from the point when an upcoming process is scheduled and resources are allocated for it, to the moment when it executes.


reference time

reference time (countable and uncountable, plural reference times)

(computing, software) The moment in time near the beginning of switching that is chosen as a reference for the measurement of time in a digital computer.


map game

(informal, video games) A grand strategy game.


logject

(computing, software, technology) An object with embedded software capable of monitoring and recording, in some manner, its own activity and operation.


date-time

(programming) Of or pertaining to the datetime variable or data type.


A numeronym representation of canonicalization as c followed by 14 more letters, followed by n.

software engineering
software engineering

(software engineering) Abbreviation of canonicalization.


Proteus effect

(psychology, video games, computing) A phenomenon in which the behavior of an individual, within virtual worlds, is changed by the characteristics of their avatar.


dataclass

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

(object-oriented programming, Python) A class designed for holding values rather than providing methods.

object-oriented programming; Python; object-oriented programming; Python


overcomment

en-verb

overcomment (third-person singular simple present overcomments, present participle overcommenting, simple past and past participle overcommented)

overcomments (present singular third-person)
overcommenting (participle present)
overcommented (participle past)
overcommented (past)

(transitive, programming) To annotate (code) with too many comments.


undercomment

undercomment (third-person singular simple present undercomments, present participle undercommenting, simple past and past participle undercommented)

undercomments (present singular third-person)
undercommenting (participle present)
undercommented (participle past)
undercommented (past)

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(transitive, programming) To annotate (code) with too few comments.


superalgorithm

(programming) An algorithm made up of lesser algorithms (subalgorithms).


vararg

(programming) Any of the arguments to a variadic function.


CalVer

Coordinate term: SemVer

calendar versioning
calendar versioning#English

(software) Abbreviation of calendar versioning.


plumbob

From plumb bob, due to the similar shape and appearance.

A diamond-shaped crystal, usually green-colored, that appears over the head of a Sim that the player is controlling.


S rank

Derived from Japanese shū (秀) + rank. S can be given as a letter grade for exceptional work in Japanese schools.

(video games) An exceptional rank given on objective, mission, or level in a game. Typically the highest achievable such rank.


Shadowbae

Shadowbae has been my favourite from the beginning. She's always had a pretty decent fanbase.

2022 June 29, WhiteSilverDragoon, Reddit:

I am in a relationship with Shadowbae but Karlach is the true best girl and Shadowbae and I both simp for her.

I have Tav (Warlock), Astarion as ranger/rogue, Shadowbae as my healer, and Karlach as my barbarian.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang, endearing) The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


Shart

From a contraction of Shadowheart, itself a compound of shadow + heart, likely chosen as a jocular homonym of shart (“wet fart”).

They [BG3's female companions] aren't particularly evil, if you sided with the Goblins you can clearly tell that Shart isn't even evil, just very pragmatic about your Tadpole problem.

I felt like Lae and Shart will have potential redemption arcs and will be trying for those.

This build works equally well whatever you do with Shart, but obviously the whole stalking gloom thing is a better thematic fit for a Shar loyalist.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang, humorous or derogatory) The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


Galemance

As I am also pursuing a Galemance with my other MC, I look forward to your Gale portrait with great interest :3c

2020 November 6, TheAbominableMomo, Reddit:

Put my Galemance run on hold because I want them to fix the bug that happened with patch 3 first.

2023 October 4, literallybyronic, Reddit:

I'm doing my first Galemance run and I honestly melted when he started talking about his hundur sauce.

2024 June 2, Mysterious_Ad_1525, Reddit:

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) The Gale romance subplot in the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


Astarionmancer

As a professional Astarionmancer, you can get “Very High Approval” without the need to be evil.

I’m an Astarionmancer with a lot of thoughts and not enough creative outlets.

As a fellow Astarionmancer I don't mind a little peck before finishing his personal quest, but after that he should be more passionate.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) A player who romances Astarion during a playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3.


Galemancer

I know very well how hard it is, I'm a Galemancer since the beginning. I was surprised as well to see that he was so popular.

2021 January 28, disappearingcat, Reddit:

I agreed with some and disagreed with others, so I'm putting it out there for my fellow Galemancers: what's Gale's [zodiac] sign?

2023 December 22, Theia-Euryphaessa, Reddit:

As a Galemancer, I loved Tara and how they wrote her dynamic!

2024 February 25, coffeestealer, Reddit:

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) A player who romances Gale during a playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3.


Astarionmance

As someone who's romancing both Astarion and Gale in simultaneous separate playthroughs, I am loving the difference so much: Galemance caters to my soft Harlequin Romance side while Astarionmance is so totally my Bodice-Ripper bag, baby!

2020 November 7, TheAbominableMomo, Reddit:

i will wait patiently for bg3 console release and NOT watch any more Astarionmance videos

2023 August 16, TheFallowMyre (@DemiPixellated), Twitter:

I just started a new Astarionmance as a reward for abstaining from him for a whole game 😅

2024 February 6, Becky (@Beckyhelene), Twitter:

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) The Astarion romance subplot in the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


Fenrismancer

I'm a chronic Fenrismancer (seriously I have a problem), but I just downloaded Mark of the Assassin and Legacy.

2015 January 26, [deleted user account], Reddit:

Plus I'm a chronic Fenrismancer who favors mage and rogue playthroughs, so I usually want him along as my warrior anyway.

I was never a Fenrismancer but now I might romance him again properly on my next run.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Fenris during a playthrough of Dragon Age II.


Andersmance

I love the Andersmance and Isabelamance because both of them change the story in their own ways.

My Andersmance is a playthrough that has very dear meaning to me, but Anders throws off so many red flags, he might as well be a matador.

My Andersmance was taken at a more leisurely pace, so I really got into the depth and grief over his character and his romance.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Anders romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age II.


Fenrismance

I love the Fenrismance, but GOD some of the flirt options are awful and pull you right out of the actual conversation.

2019 January 20, SpaceQueenJupiter, Reddit:

The Fenrismance is SO GOOD for just those reason.

I was halfway through Act 2 when I realised I'd sabotaged my own Fenrismance T.T

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Fenris romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age II.


Andersmancer

Huh, I definitely didn't expect Cullen to be the most popular DAI romance among Andersmancers.

2017 September 6, presenceofwitch, Reddit:

I'm a Andersmancer for life tbh but I get it, he's not for everyone

That said, I'm a fuck the Chantry Andersmancer, and my Hawke lives with him in an underground bunker now.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Anders during a playthrough of Dragon Age II.


Solasmance

I keep putting off my Solasmance, because I have an aversion to heartbreak.

I just fired up my second Solasmance playthrough after I spent a month promising myself, "never again."

I also vastly prefer the Cullenmance to the Solasmance.

2023 July 26, LikeAWildScallion, Reddit:

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Solas romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Cullenmancer

I'm a chronic Cullenmancer and I like romancing him with a Lavellan.

I'm much more of a Cullenmancer, myself, but I did the Solas romance and was very surprised.

2018 December 31, asha_bellanar, Reddit:

No hate to Cullenmancers, maybe blondes just aren’t my type lol. I’m not an Alistair or Anders-mancer either.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Cullen Rutherford during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Solasmancer

I started a Solasmancer playthrough and it's going to kill me probably.

2015 September 18, vanisplusxzone, Reddit:

There's a pretty good payoff in Trespasser for a Solasmancer. And by "pretty good" I mean "angst and bittersweet feels".

All we Solasmancers have is pain, forever and always LMAO

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Solas during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Bullmance

Also, Dorian has a lot more dialogue options than I am finding in the Bullmance so far.

And yeah, I think a Bullmance can actually be really healthy for certain Inquisitors!

Krem has a few specific comments if you're in a Bullmance that are really sweet.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Iron Bull romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Bullmancer

Kinda sucks that Bullmancers miss out on the dancing at the Winter Palace (well I suppose that happened, just off screen) and a wedding if true, […]

2015 September 8, alexandriaweb, Reddit:

As a Bullmancer, I’m going to have to fight you now. He’s the best romance with the most interesting relationship outcome depending on your choices.

2019 July 1, [deleted user account], Reddit:

The Bullmancers got fricked over in Trespasser imo

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances the Iron Bull during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Dorianmance

Dorianmance will be forever my fav in whole dragon age universe.

I always play as a female character so no Dorianmance for me.

It goes downhill in Trespassers tho, where Dorianmance was an afterthought compared to Adoribull.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Dorian romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Dorianmancer

I'm full on Dorianmancer, but I like to think my Inquisitor gives Bull the suspicious stink eye when they're out adventuring.

As a hardcore Dorianmancer I have a ton, but I think this quote is basically him saying that he loves the Inquisitor for the first time.

Honestly, Dorian and Bull have better relationship than Dorian and Inky, even if Dorianmancers don’t want to admit it.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Dorian Pavus during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Solavellan

Solavellan just gets me thinking the what ifs, headcanons, the theories. You have to really dig deep if you wanna understand the romance.

I am a (pretty hardcore) Solavellan shipper, though I completely understand it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Solavellan is probably my favorite romance from a narrative sense.

(fandom slang) The ship of Solas and the female elf Inquistor player character from Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Solavellan Hell

Oh dear. Poor you. You're done for once you enter the Solavellan Hell.

Welcome to Solavellan Hell. Kleenexes on the table, and weeping is done in the corners.

We’ve all been through enough heartache with Solavellan Hell, so gotta keep it uplifting in here haha.

2024 February 9, [deleted user account], Reddit:

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The state of exquisite agony experienced by shippers of Solas and the Inquistor (Solavellan)


Cullenmance

I purposely left Cullenmance for after my Solasmance because I need Cullen as my pick me up, but damn, this Solas thing is just sad.

The thing I like about the Cullenmance is that yeah, it's basically a fairy tale, but it's so obviously one that it makes it okay.

Do it. Do the Cullenmance. Love the Cullen. Marry the Cullen.

2018 December 31, emberwolfsasha, Reddit:

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Cullen romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Fenhawke

Assuming Fenhawke isn't an option here, I don't mind Fenbela if it's well-written.

I binge read some fenhawke fics from nearly a decade ago and still love them just as much :)

2020 March 2, Jill (@EphemeraBlossom), Twitter:

Fenhawke will always be my number 1 dragon age ship 😭😭

2023 February 3, fawn (@fuwafawn), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of Fenris and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.


Inky

From an affectionate shortening of inquisitor + -y.

Do you like to play as an asshole Inky? What options, lines of dialogues, actions have you picked?

Of my 9 Inkies, the ones I felt to be the strongest (character-wise) were my atheist Trevelyan Reaver, my devout Andrastian Trevelyan mage, and my rebellious and fiercely elfy Lavellan who romanced Solas.

My Inky was a very faithful Andrastian, like his family, and he believed he was the Herald of Andraste…kind of.

(fandom slang, video games) The Inquisitor player character from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Purple Hawke

From the purple icon used to denote sarcastic dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Purple Hawke gets all the love, and I honestly see why. That irreverent little shit is hilarious.

I agree Purple Hawke can sometimes be inappropriate, but I don't find those situations that common...

Purple Hawke is one of the best protagonists in gaming period.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses a sarcastic personality.


Cullavellan

I just read the best cullavellan fic and now my blood is boiling why do I have class

2016 February 3, cade (@tinygrunt), Twitter:

There was this one cullavellan fic where both Cullen and Lavellan didn't want kids and honestly it made me so happy.

All the other Cullavellan shippers I’ve met saying how their Inky and Cullen fell in love at first sight and stuff… Meanwhile mine was ready to fist fight this man in a Denny’s parking lot any day of the week

2022 February 12, ace (@ace_trash_boi), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of Cullen Rutherford and the female elf Inquistor player character from Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Red Hawke

From the red icon used to denote aggressive dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Red Hawke's deadpan delivery was one of the most hilarious moments in the game for me haha.

2015 September 23, HawkeThisHawkeThat, Reddit:

I once played a Red Hawke that was a sociopath that got off on the murder knife.

Blue Hawke was kind of a pollyanna and Red Hawke was a jerk, so I went with Purple Snarky Hawke.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses an aggressive personality.


friendmance

friendmance (third-person singular simple present friendmances, present participle friendmancing, simple past and past participle friendmanced)

friendmances (present singular third-person)
friendmancing (participle present)
friendmanced (participle past)
friendmanced (past)

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In my peronal^([sic]) opinion, Anders and Merrill are for friendmancing only, unless you want to truly, deeply hurt and bully them.

2015 December 28, [deleted user account], Reddit:

Friendmancing Fenris as a pro-Mage Hawke is another favourite. I really love the growth you see in him throughout.

If female Hawke friendmances Sebastian, he will suggest a chaste marriage with her taking vows as a Chantry sister.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) To romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II.


Handers

Me listening to any song: Wow I can't believe this artist too ships handers, and decided to write a song about it, what an amazing world

2015 September 27, deneb (@v3gaaltair), Twitter:

Goddamn Handers ship being so beautifully angsty.

2016 January 29, Nyxie Black (@NyxieBlack), Twitter:

I have no idea what liking the Handers pairing says about me lol 😂.

(fandom slang) The ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.


Blue Hawke

From the blue icon used to denote diplomatic dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Blue Hawke is too nice for the armpit of the free marches.

Blue Hawke tries to see the good in everyone even when things aren't ideal or working in their favor.

2022 October 28, [deleted user account], Reddit:

Blue Hawke is the only sane Hawke.

2023 March 29, TheHistoryofCats, Reddit:

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses a diplomatic personality.


Granted, games like BG3 and other adaptations of the D&D franchise are not necessarily concerned with representing the real world as they seem to be with crafting fantasy.

2022, Earl A. Aguilera, "Theorizing Whiteness as a Proceduralized Ideology in Videogames", Journal of Games Criticism, Volume 5, Bonus Issue A, January 2022, pages 15-16

However, the company has suggested that 2023 will be the year that BG3 finally gets a full launch, with a complete story, and every promised race and class available.

2022, “The Game Awards 2022 Recap”, in The Gamer Guide, Issue 11, November-December 2022, page 26:

Larian Studios has developed BG3 as a sequel to the first two games, which were released in 1998 and 1999 respectively.

2023 November 10, Brynn Tannehill, “Baldur's Gate 3 has received widespread critical acclaim, the Blade chats with two key queer figures in the game”, in Los Angeles Blade, page 4:

(fandom slang) Initialism of Baldur's Gate 3.


Cassmancer

Oh, I knew you'd be here, you hopelessly romantic Cassmancer.

[…] he was also supposed be a Cassmancer but ended up falling madly in love with Dorian.

2020 December 8, nihilisticspacebear, Reddit:

I'm a Cassmancer and I already have an AO3 account. i guess I'm ahead of the curve

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Cassandra Pentaghast during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


barrelmancer

2021, Aden Carter, "Divinity 2: Every Step To Create An All-Powerful Barrelmancer", GameRant, 8 January 2021 (used in title only)

The barrelmancer strategy went viral on Reddit and X (née Twitter) last week.

2023 August 23, Nicole Clark, The best ‘class’ in Baldur’s Gate 3 is ‘barrelmancer’, Polygon:

2023, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, "The secret best Baldur's Gate 3 class is, of course, Barrelmancer", Rock Paper Shotgun, 10 August 2023 (used in title only)

(video games) A player who strategically uses containers of explosives in combat.


rivalmance

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Yes, Anders' rivalmance is cruel. I never did it, and I don't plan it (I simply can't imagine).

2017 December 17, CaiusGermanicus, Reddit:

I actually like the unhealthy aspects of the rivalmances (and some of the romances) in DA.

2018 February 21, wardsarefunctioning, Reddit:

I preferred the friendmance with Fenris personally, but like with Isabela, the rivalmance is also pretty good.

2019 February 24, KvonLiechtenstein, Reddit:

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A romance with a character with whom the player has an antagonistic relationship in Dragon Age II.


rivalmance

rivalmance (third-person singular simple present rivalmances, present participle rivalmancing, simple past and past participle rivalmanced)

rivalmances (present singular third-person)
rivalmancing (participle present)
rivalmanced (participle past)
rivalmanced (past)

And finally I would rivalmance Anders by being a hypocritical mage that supported the templars.

I love rivalmancing Anders and Fenris. Brings a lot of tension that I find really sexy lol.

2019 May 10, [deleted user account], Reddit:

i wanted to rivalmance Merrill once but that would cause my heart to explode.


Because in the end, the greatest joy of BG2 is the control you have over the protagonist.

2000 December, David Simkins, “Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn”, in NEXT Generation, page 141:

After playing with them in BG1, BG2, IWD1 and now NWN, the same old spells are becoming somewhat wearisome.

2002 November, “Icewind Dale 2”, in PC Powerplay, page 67:

If you’ve played BG1 or BG2 and are looking to this as a temporary fix, you won’t find it.

2003 March, Chris Anderson, “Icewind Dale And Heart Of Winter”, in PC Zone, page 98:

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
w:Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

(fandom slang) Initialism of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.


Seramancer

Personally, I think Seramancers hit the jackpot with Trespasser.

2016 September 23, PapaCharlie9, Reddit:

I'm a chronic Seramancer but I love to see love for Blackwall.

also as a seramancer I must tell you to romance sera for she is the best

2019 November 17, smallizardthing, Reddit:

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Sera during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Fenbela

how could the same franchise that gave us fenbela give us josie/blackwalll

2017 February 3, wizard of the order (@svirakir), Twitter:

Assuming Fenhawke isn't an option here, I don't mind Fenbela if it's well-written.

I love fenbela but I can’t write it cause it’s Too Sexy and I can’t look directly at it without losing my mind

2019 March 13, KIMMY'S SATANIC AIRBNB (@gothkimmyS(, Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Fenris and Isabela from Dragon Age II.


Old hands will recognise these characters from BG1, so there's instant motivation there for them, while multiple-choice dialogue lets newcomers know you've got history with them.

2000 October, Peter Walker, “Role-Playing Power”, in Computer and Video Games, page 33:

Baldur's Gate
w:Baldur's Gate (video game)

(fandom slang) Initialism of Baldur's Gate.


Cassmance

Don't worry, I'm solving this problem by writing Cassmance fanfic.

2014 December 14, jack (@vesaldi), Twitter:

I had a hard time not romancing Dorian with my second male playthrough, but I had to get at least one Cassmance in.

Tried to do a Cassmance run in my most recent playthrough but the Redcliffe vendor question bugged out on me and there was no fixing.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Cassandra romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Seramance

I think my next run after this will be human Chantry supporter & finally do a Seramance without the elfy stuff getting in the way.

2015 May 22, Christina González (@c_gonzalez), Twitter:

But divorced from my character, she feels like my little sister, making it feel weird to read any Seramance fics.

had no idea how GOOD the Seramance would be (it's just super bawdy which is exactly how I want romances written)

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Sera romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Josiemance

I believe you're correct, no sex scene. It's been awhile since I've played Josiemance.

Runner up is the Josiemance because again there's more going on than it looks, plus respect and caring!

Currently replaying in preparation for DAD, and the Josiemance is still as lovely as I remember.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Josephine romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


barrelmancy

Barrelmancy is something that takes a little while to start.

2021 January 8, Aden Carter, “Divinity 2: Every Step To Create An All-Powerful Barrelmancer”, in GameRant:

Barrelmancy was such a hit with the Divinity community that there are actual mods dedicated to it, but it has many detractors, and barrelmancy in Baldur's Gate 3 1.0 is sadly not as potent as it was in the giddy days of early-early access.

2023 August 10, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, “The secret best Baldur's Gate 3 class is, of course, Barrelmancer”, in Rock Paper Shotgun:

Divinity: Original Sin 2 fans also got a kick out of barrelmancy, so it’s no surprise to see Baldur’s Gate 3 fans pulling off the same trick.

2023 August 23, Nicole Clark, The best ‘class’ in Baldur’s Gate 3 is ‘barrelmancer’, Polygon:

(video games) The strategic use of containers of explosives in combat.


Hawkebela

Hawkebela is such an under appreciated ship and I have no idea why

2016 December 11, Kyle!!! (@KaraZorEluthor), Twitter:

Hawkebela gives me heart eyes for days.

IS AO3 DOWN I'M LITERALLY READING THIS HAWKEBELA FIC LET ME IN

(fandom slang) The ship of player character Hawke and Isabela from Dragon Age II.


Josiemancer

I hate it too. Josiemancers got the short end of the stick in this DLC.

I'm a chronic Josiemancer. Josie was my first Dragon age romance so I always have a big soft spot for her character and her romance.

I am a diehard Josiemancer, but the fact that there is no approval system for the advisors is a miss.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Josephine Montilyet during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


merc up

merc up (third-person singular simple present mercs up, present participle mercing up, simple past and past participle merced up)

mercs up (present singular third-person)
mercing up (participle present)
merced up (participle past)
merced up (past)

(informal, video games) To hire mercenaries in a game.


screen peek

screen peek (third-person singular simple present screen peeks, present participle screen peeking, simple past and past participle screen peeked)

screen peeks (present singular third-person)
screen peeking (participle present)
screen peeked (participle past)
screen peeked (past)

... an outline. Bullet connected to head. The announcer boomed over the TV speakers that it was game over. “Yeah, buddy!” “What the hell, man! You screen-peeked again.” “No I didn't, bro. You just suck at Halo,” he Rage Quit.

2022 May 31, Cody Caetano, Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir, Penguin, →ISBN:

[…] screen peeking, "he grumbled , and Penny laughed out loud." It's not screen peeking! It's the same TV - right there in front of me!" "Still cheating." "Says who?" "My house , my rules."

2023 December 6, Cynthia Gunderson, Called for Icing, Button Press:

(video games, dated) To look at another player's portion of a television screen during a competitive multiplayer game in which multiple players are sharing a screen.


imsim

immersive simulation
immersive simulation#English

(video games) Short for immersive simulation.


service-oriented

(software engineering) Of an architectural style focusing on discrete services instead of a monolithic design.


subject-oriented

(computing, programming) Of or pertaining to a software paradigm in which the state (fields) and behavior (methods) of objects are not seen as intrinsic to the objects themselves, but are provided by various subjective perceptions ("subjects") of the objects.


CHARNAME

From CHARNAME, the placeholder used for the player-inputted name in BG1's source code, itself a compound of char (“character”) + name.

Dexterity doesn't help your CHARNAME hit anything. It only helps CHARNAME to not get hit by others.

Valygar and Haer'Dalis were the other two romances for female CHARNAME, however they were cut due to time constraints.

Y'all have some weird CHARNAMES.

(fandom slang) The player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.


drill through

drill through (third-person singular simple present drills through, present participle drilling through, simple past and past participle drilled through)

drills through (present singular third-person)
drilling through (participle present)
drilled through (participle past)
drilled through (past)

The icon under each entry lets you drill through to see which analyst added it.

(transitive, software) To display or cause a computer to display more specific, relevant data.


drill out

drill out (third-person singular simple present drills out, present participle drilling out, simple past and past participle drilled out)

drills out (present singular third-person)
drilling out (participle present)
drilled out (participle past)
drilled out (past)

You're looking at recent data, but you can drill out to the archives too.

(intransitive, software) To switch from a database or other data source to another.


drill in

drill in (third-person singular simple present drills in, present participle drilling in, simple past and past participle drilled in)

drills in (present singular third-person)
drilling in (participle present)
drilled in (participle past)
drilled in (past)

(intransitive, software) Synonym of drill down


drill up

drill up (third-person singular simple present drills up, present participle drilling up, simple past and past participle drilled up)

drills up (present singular third-person)
drilling up (participle present)
drilled up (participle past)
drilled up (past)

I've got product sales data, but I want to drill up to product-category sales data.

(intransitive, software) To replace data with data from one level higher or less specific.


attack timing

en-noun

attack timing (countable and uncountable, plural attack timings)

(games, video games) The strategic decision of the appropriate time in launching an offensive move against one's opponent.


gamer neck

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(uncountable, slang, humorous) A forward head posture.


hack up

en-verb

hack up (third-person singular simple present hacks up, present participle hacking up, simple past and past participle hacked up)

hacks up (present singular third-person)
hacking up (participle present)
hacked up (participle past)
hacked up (past)

(transitive, programming) To quickly and simply create (a piece of code).


stim pack

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His father said, “Look, son, you're shaky. Sit down, take a stim pack. I got to deal with this right now.”

1983, Gregory Benford, Against Infinity, Timescape Books, page 117:

Meds, he thought, need meds. Shut off the damn pain. Got to grab a few stim packs.

2009, Matthew Costello, Doom 3: Maelstrom, Pocket Books, page 49:

The alien chose a stim pack from the kit. “This one, I believe.” He pressed it against the dying soldier.

2013, Kevin J. Anderson, “Comrades in Arms”, in Five by Five, WordFire Press, page 63:

Given how much you’ll be using Slow Mode, you can basically think of this Perk as picking up a few extra Stim Pack charges. In other words, it’s incredibly powerful.

2023 May 1, Matthew Byrd, “Jedi Survivor: Where to Find the Most Powerful Perks”, in Den of Geek!:

(science fiction, video games) A medicine, device, or similar item used to restore health or to relieve fatigue or pain.


bunny hopper

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romhack

It's an important game, and if you're into the progression of romhacks, it's cool to see the kinds of things that [The Last Promise] did, and how it improved over time.

2020 October 13, Alex Custodio, quoting PompomRenaldo, Who Are You?: Nintendo's Game Boy Advance Platform, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 194:

(video games) A modified version of a video game, created by editing its ROM data.


romhack

romhack (third-person singular simple present romhacks, present participle romhacking, simple past and past participle romhacked)

romhacks (present singular third-person)
romhacking (participle present)
romhacked (participle past)
romhacked (past)

When romhacking focuses exclusively on the linguistic aspects of the game, it can be referred to as “translation hacking” (O'Hagan 2009:94) in order to differentiate these earlier precursors from the widespread romhacking practices.

2017 April 11, Miguel A. Jiménez-Crespo, Crowdsourcing and Online Collaborative Translations: Expanding the limits of Translation Studies, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29:

(video games) To modify a video game by editing its ROM data.


event sink

(software engineering) A class or function that receives events from another object or function.


data sink

(software engineering) A device or computer program that collects and stores data from other devices or programs.


data recovery

en-noun

data recovery (countable and uncountable, plural data recoveries)

(computing, software) The process of retrieving deleted, inaccessible, lost, corrupted, damaged, or formatted data from secondary storage, removable media or files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in the usual way.


polyrepo

In situation where there is 2 components, polyrepos are sufficient. In situation where there is 50 components, monorepos shine. And the switch is somewhere in between.

2024 May 8, u/Haspe, “Mono repo or not?”, in Reddit, r/golang, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

(software engineering) A software project in which different components are located in separate code repositories which can be versioned individually (as opposed to a monorepo in which all the code exists within a single repository).


prototype-oriented

(programming, software engineering) Of or pertaining to a style of object-oriented programming that uses existing objects as prototypes to reuse behavior.


language-oriented

programming language
programming language

(programming) Of or pertaining to a software development technique that involves creating a new programming language to solve problems, in which the programmer treats a language as a software building block.


component-oriented

(programming, software engineering) Of or pertaining to a software development approach that focuses on building components that are loosely-coupled and reusable.


role-oriented

computer programming
computer programming

(programming, software engineering) Of or pertaining to a form of computer programming which aims at expressing objects in terms that are analogous to a human conceptual understanding of the world.


process-oriented

(programming, software engineering) Of or pertaining to a programming paradigm that separates the concerns of data structures and the concurrent processes that act upon them.


data-oriented

(programming) Of or pertaining to a software engineering approach that focuses on data as the central point of an application.


agent-oriented

(programming, software engineering) Of or pertaining to a programming paradigm where the construction of the software is centered on the concept of externally specified software agents.


attribute-oriented

(programming, software engineering) Of or pertaining to a technique that adds metadata, or attributes, to program code, which affect the system's semantics.


C family

C family (usually uncountable, plural C families)

(programming) Any one of the several programming languages which share significant features of the C programming language.


master boot record

master boot record (plural master boot records)

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(computing, software) A type of boot sector in the first few blocks of partitioned computer mass storage devices.


LLL

low-level language
low-level language#English

(programming) Initialism of low-level language.


moege

Borrowed from Japanese 萌(も)えゲー (moegē), a combination of 萌(も)え (moe, “moe”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

jp: >>3703876 Look, even Swan Song and Sayonara wo Oshiete are a moege under that standard.

2009 November 10, @4chanbot, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-08-10:

Annd more hscenes. These days most good moeges have been mixing up moe with plenty of ero to go with it.

2013 July 20, @erogethoughts, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-08-10:

Felt like Nakahiro tried to write a plot intensive title with a moege style which I guess can work with some people, not with me

2014 August 3, @HadlerER, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-08-10:

Fault Milestone is nice and short. It's not a moege but it's cute and the world building is raw kino swag

2019 October 23, @FarisHalawa1, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-08-10:

I don’t wanna go to work, I just wanna stay home and continue reading Riddle Joker. I’m having waaay too much fun with it, ;w;
I always knew I would love reading a moege, but I didn’t think I’d love it *this* much.

2023 December 15, @moemoepurest, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-08-10:

(video games, Internet) A kind of Japanese visual novel featuring moe content, including cute characters and art style.


-lang

From lang, itself a shortened form of language.

"One of the biggest ones to point out is that async runtimes are still a bit unclear," noted Thomas. He also said the learning curve was difficult, which chimes with top obstacles to Rust adoption revealed in Rustlang's most recent survey of developers.

2020 April 30, Liam Tung, “Microsoft: Why we used programming language Rust over Go for WebAssembly on Kubernetes app”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 2024-06-30:

Threat actors are increasingly shifting to "exotic" programming languages such as Go, Rust, Nim, and Dlang that can better circumvent conventional security protections, evade analysis, and hamper reverse engineering efforts.

2021 July 27, Ravie Lakshmanan, “Hackers Turning to 'Exotic' Programming Languages for Malware Development”, in The Hacker News, archived from the original on 2024-05-20:

I don't mind people saying Golang. Once. In a title or a tag or something. So search engines can find it. Once. Once. Fucking once.

[2021 October 8, u/theclapp, “What's up with people not liking the term "golang"?”, in Reddit, r/golang, archived from the original on 2024-08-11:

For the Golang community, it didn't help that the language came out of Google, an advertising platform with accessories.

2023 May 17, Thomas Claburn, “Google Go language goes with opt-in telemetry”, in The Register, archived from the original on 2024-08-02:

Vlang's simplicity and performance are promising, but its novelty results in a lack of comprehensive libraries and the small community. The language is also under constant changes which may cause instability and compatibility issues.

2023 July 26, Alex Lashkov, “The New Wave of Programming Languages: Pony, Zig, Crystal, Vlang, and Julia”, in Hackaday, archived from the original on 2024-07-08:

The researchers noted that DLang is an uncommon choice for writing malware, but a shift towards newer languages and frameworks is one that's been accelerating over the last few years – in malware coding as in the larger programming world.

2023 December 11, Connor Jones, “Memory-safe languages so hot right now, agrees Lazarus Group as it slings DLang malware”, in The Register, archived from the original on 2024-08-02:

programming languages
programming language#Noun

(programming, informal) Combining with the names of programming languages, especially those which may be confused with common English words.


loss condition

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Standard procedure is that I have to tell you what to do next if this doesn't work. That's the asynchronous research covenant.

2017 May 4, qntm, “SCP-3125”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-08-31:

(chiefly video games) An event or state which constitutes defeat for those encountering it.


EOMM

(video games) Initialism of engagement-optimized matchmaking.


SBMM

(video games) Initialism of skill-based matchmaking.


HKT

higher-kinded type
higher-kinded type#English

(programming) Initialism of higher-kinded type.


Lubarsky's law of cybernetic entomology

The origin of the name Lubarsky in this connection is unknown.

(programming) The humorous observation that any given program always contains at least one more bug.


copartition

(programming) A partition of data streams such that the data in each of the streams has the same partition configuration.


copartition

en-verb

copartition (third-person singular simple present copartitions, present participle copartitioning, simple past and past participle copartitioned)

copartitions (present singular third-person)
copartitioning (participle present)
copartitioned (participle past)
copartitioned (past)

(programming, of partitioned data streams) To ensure that two streams of partitioned data have matching partition configurations.


Xtard

Atleast I have enough sense to know that the PS2 IS more powerful than the XBox in a few key areas. You, like the other Xtards simply will not accept that fact when it is blatantly obvious written right into the spec sheets.

2006 July 16, Mr. Impressive, “Re: Raytracing on Cell, Xflop360 destroyed!”, in alt.games.video.xbox (Usenet):

Top five sellers on Amazon DVD list ALL BLU-RAY. Have to go past #50 just to find an HD DVD disc. ¶ Face it Xtards, it's OVER. Blu-Ray wins.

2008 January 3, jimmy...@gmail.com, “Xbots in Tears Over Blu-Ray Bestsellers”, in alt.games.video.sony-playstation3 (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, video games) A user or supporter of Xbox products.


basebuilder

(video games) A style of game in which the player is tasked with constructing and defending a base in order to survive in a certain location.


wallbangable

en-adj

wallbangable (comparative more wallbangable, superlative most wallbangable)

more wallbangable (comparative)
most wallbangable (superlative)

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(video games) Capable of letting bullets go through.


local-first

(software engineering) Designed to store the user's data on the local computer, connecting to the cloud only when required for tasks such as backup or synchronization.


gankable

gankable (comparative more gankable, superlative most gankable)

more gankable (comparative)
most gankable (superlative)

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(online gaming, slang) Able to be ganked (killed easily in a game).


faceroll

en-verb

faceroll (third-person singular simple present facerolls, present participle facerolling, simple past and past participle facerolled)

facerolls (present singular third-person)
facerolling (participle present)
facerolled (participle past)
facerolled (past)

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face + roll, as if the game is so easy that one could play by rolling one's face over the keyboard instead of using one's fingers.

(video games, slang) To play a game with an overpowered character or in some other way that makes it very easy to win.


docroot

Another common use of docroots gives people private web sites on a web server. A typical convention maps URIs whose paths begin with a slash and tilde (/~) followed by a username to a private document root for that user. The private docroot is often the folder called public_html inside that user's home directory, but it can be configured differently (Figure 5-10).

2002, David Gourley, Brian Totty, HTTP: The Definitive Guide, Beijing, Sebastopol, C.A.: O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 122:

(web development) A folder located on a web server which contains all of a website's pages.


hackware

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(computing, chiefly science fiction) Software used for hacking (circumventing security measures).


sports game

Greatest Sports Game Sensation. Approved and played by Spec Shea, Johny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, Rogers Hornsby, others. NO DICE OR SPINNERS – Hit a Grounder, Pop Fly, or a Home Run Over the Fence

1950 October, “Sensational baseball game [advertisement]”, in My Friend Irma, number 5, page 29:

BASKETBALL (CX2624) is sure to delight electronic sports game fans. It offers the most exciting four minutes of one-on-one hoop action we’ve seen so far.

1979, Bill Kunkle, “Arcade Alley”, in Video, page 43:

There is nothing cooler than playing a sports game for months on end, only to see something you’ve never seen before. Madden is chock full of one-handed grabs, leaping catches, and bone crunching hits.

1997 October, “Madden 64: The game that shocked the world”, in Game Informer, page 15:

Kayali and Purgathofer (2008) tried to differentiate the genre of digital sports games into sub-genres: extreme sports game, fun sports game, sports simulation, team sports simulation and deep sports simulation.

2010 February, Rolf Kretschmann, “Developing Competencies by Playing Digital Sports-Games”, in US-China Educational Review, page 68:

A video game or arcade game that simulates a sport.


K&M

(video games) Initialism of keyboard and mouse.


crossteam

crossteam (third-person singular simple present crossteams, present participle crossteaming, simple past and past participle crossteamed)

crossteams (present singular third-person)
crossteaming (participle present)
crossteamed (participle past)
crossteamed (past)

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(video games) To form an alliance with a player on a different team.


killsteal

killsteal (third-person singular simple present killsteals, present participle killstealing, simple past and past participle killstealed)

killsteals (present singular third-person)
killstealing (participle present)
killstealed (participle past)
killstealed (past)

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(video games) To kill a player while someone else is fighting them.


crit out

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.


niebloid

From Niebler + -oid, named after Eric Niebler.

If your libraries should provide customization points, it's probably a good idea to implement them using niebloids.

2021 April 23, Adrian Ostrowski, Piotr Gaczkowski, Software Architecture with C++, Packt, →ISBN, page 172:

The niebloids suppress ADL by not being functions. Only functions have overloads to be resolved.

2022 April 14, Bo Persson, “ambiguous reference to 'find' in std and std::ranges namespaces”, in comp.lang.c++ (Usenet):

(programming) An entity that can be called as a function but which is not visible to argument-dependent name lookup.


Sunflower

From sunflower, in reference to Sunny's name and Basil's flower crown.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Sunny and Basil from the videogame Omori.


Suntan

From suntan, in reference to Sunny's name and Kel's tanned skin.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Sunny and Kel from the videogame Omori.


Sunburn

From sunburn, in reference to Sunny's name.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Sunny and Aubrey from the videogame Omori.


logical address

en-noun

logical address (plural logical addresses)

(computing, software) The address at which an item appears to reside from the perspective of an executing application program.


file descriptor

file descriptor (plural file descriptors)

(computing, software) A process-unique identifier for a file or other input/output resource, such as a pipe or network socket.


Befunge

Derived from a typing error for before in an online conversation.

An esoteric programming language in which programs are arranged on a two-dimensional grid, and the flow of control can be sent in different directions.


cabinet file

(software, Windows) A compress library archive file.


tree-maker

Titles found in this category include Compton's Encyclopedia, Microsoft Encarta, Mavis Beacon Typing, home designing software, family tree makers, as well as a wide range of college test preparation software and programs to help you learn a new language.

2001, Jill T. Freeze, Sams Teach Yourself Computer Basics in 24 Hours, page 113:

There are also free software tree-makers, which you can track down online, or via a family history magazine bulletin.

2011, Cherry Gilchrist, Growing Your Family Tree:

Our Gold Award winner, Legacy Family Tree, has features that connect you to popular genealogy searches, sync with online tree makers and import any sources you find online.

2017, Leonard Hendershott, The Story Gleaner, page 179:

(software) A software program that constructs family trees.


precedence rule

precedence rule (plural precedence rules)

(computing theory, programming) A set of rules specifying the order in which parts of an expression are parsed, especially when parentheses are not present.


option type

(programming) A polymorphic type that represents encapsulation of an optional value.


guess the verb

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(video games) The undesirable situation, in a multi-user dungeon or interactive fiction, where the player wishes to perform an action but is unable to express it as a command that the system understands.


barrel file

The first thing you want to do to build your framework is export the functions that you want to expose to the developer using it from the src/index.js barrel file. Whatever you export from this file makes the public API of the framework.

2024, Ángel Sola Orbaiceta, Build a Frontend Web Framework (From Scratch), Shelter Island, N.Y.: Manning Publications Co., →ISBN, page 111:

(programming) A JavaScript or TypeScript module which does nothing except import various files and then export them together, for the convenience of other developers who only need to know about and work with that single barrel file.


cave flyer

(video games) A style of video game involving the maneuvering of a spaceship or other entity within an enclosed two-dimensional space such as a cavern, often under physical constraints such as gravity.


curly bracket language

curly bracket language (plural curly bracket languages)

curly-bracket language
curly-bracket language#English

(programming) Alternative form of curly-bracket language


curly braces language

curly braces language (plural curly braces languages)

curly-braces language
curly-braces language#English

(programming) Alternative form of curly-braces language


curly brace language

curly brace language (plural curly brace languages)

curly-brace language
curly-brace language#English

(programming) Alternative form of curly-brace language


pubstomp

en-verb

pubstomp (third-person singular simple present pubstomps, present participle pubstomping, simple past and past participle pubstomped)

pubstomps (present singular third-person)
pubstomping (participle present)
pubstomped (participle past)
pubstomped (past)

From pub (“public house; (video games) public server”) + stomp.

com

pub<t:public house; (video games) public server>

(video games, slang) To win games against (new or inexperienced players), targeting them deliberately


drawcall

(computer graphics, programming) The sending of a command to the graphics API.


Maragon

That meshes beautifully with Corhyn’s statements about Goldmask’s doctrines once he learns of Maragon.

2023 July 7, PublicFurryAccount, Reddit:

The tree is separate from the ring that's locked inside Maragon's body as well.

2024 January 25, setfunctionzero, Reddit:

I’m here for the duality of Maragon and their relationship!

(Elden Ring fandom slang) Synonym of Marigon.


Radika

Marigon/Radika are acting as a vessel for the ring. I don't know how much of either of them are left.

Three butterflies means there’s three children of Radika but you think what I’m saying is wild?

What I don't understand is how Radagon is Marika. Does she shift between the two or does Radagon split off? Is Messmer her first born through Radika?

2024 May 21, Honest_Yesterday4435, Reddit:


Marigon

The real weirdest part of that is how it was apparently "a secret," yet Marigon still allowed the artist to not only complete the statue, but then put it on display.

I love Hunter Schafer! She would make a fierce Marigon in a live action adaptation

2023 March 13, PorscheUberAlles, Reddit:

D's presense also serves to strengthen this connection, as both the D twins and Marigon share the dual-self thing.

(Elden Ring fandom slang) Marika and Radagon as a single entity; the selfcest ship of Marika and Radagon.


Durge

Blend of dark + urge, likely as a homonym of dirge.

Picking Durge opens up some unique options and scenes.

Both of my good Durges were College of Swords bards because I liked this class so much.

Even if you don’t romance him, get a good relationship with Astarion and talk to him often. He has the most unique dialogue when interacting with Durge.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) The Dark Urge player character in Baldur's Gate 3.


Tadfool

Blend of tadpole + fool, referencing an in-universe term for Illithid parasites.

realizing I ship all of the Tadfools. just all of them. literally any combination works. #LysPlaysBG3

2023 September 22, Lys (@LostElysium13), Twitter:

baldur's gate is gonna have to sit tight for a bit, sorry tadfools

2023 October 27, Cthonical (@Cthonical_), Twitter:

There's a fanart somewhere of the tadfools at a gym and Gale is using his mirror image to work out while he's reading a book.

2024 January 21, TheRopeofShadow, Reddit:

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) Any one of the Illithid parasite-infected playable characters in Baldur's Gate 3.


Wyllstarion

Wyllstarion is like crack to me. I wish it was more popular.

2024 April 30, Passenger_Prince, Reddit:

I ship Wyllstarion hard. Astarion would make an amazing duchess.

2024 June 16, Healthy_Breakfast_24, Reddit:

I’ll take those Wyllstarion fics if you don’t mind 👀

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Wyll Ravengard and Astarion Ancunín from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


Bloodweave

Blend of blood + weave, referencing Astarion being a vampire and Gale a wizard (the Weave is a source of magic in Forgotten Realms lore).

Gotta love some tender Bloodweave.

My favourite part of bloodweave is they can either help fix each other or be ambitious lil shits together.

2023 May 17, ferretatthecontrols, Reddit:

Just play as Gale, then you have no choice but to choose someone else (I recommend Astarion for Bloodweave goodness.)

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Astarion Ancunín and Gale Dekarios from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.

Forgotten Realms
Mystra (Forgotten Realms)#Weave


Spawnstarion

Gods, I would love a DLC where we get to find a cure for Spawnstarion. I need that. Until then my headcanon must suffice.

Resist Durge and Spawnstarion is the best romance experience of this game.

2024 February 1, deleted_account, Reddit:

I find it incredibly sweet and I have Spawnstarion repeat that line a lot to my Tavs lol.

2024 March 10, somethingaboutme, Reddit:

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) The vampire spawn version of Astarion from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


prototype-based scripting language

en-noun

prototype-based scripting language (usually uncountable, plural prototype-based scripting languages)

prototype-based scripting languages (plural)

(computing, programming) A programming language that uses prototypes to allow objects to inherit properties and methods from other objects.


if-then-else

(programming) A statement that executes different code based on whether a condition is true or false.


nowdoc

now + doc, modelled on earlier heredoc, with now as another adverb indicating presence.

(programming) In the PHP programming language, a kind of here document that does not interpolate variables.


scrutinee

The reason that simpl doesn't make progress here is that it notices that, after tentatively unfolding bar m, it is left with a match whose scrutinee, m, is a variable, so the match cannot be simplified further.

2024, Benjamin C. Pierce et al., Logical Foundations (Software Foundations):

functional programming
functional programming

(computing, functional programming) The expression that is subject to scrutiny in a pattern match construct.


LittleBigPlaneteer

A person who contributes to the PlayStation 3 video game LittleBigPlanet.


binary blob

You put up with the closed hardware because it performs well, and it supports the standard software, development tools, and APIs that keep the computing world spinning. For others, it's anathema—if you can't see the source code for these "binary blobs," they are inherently untrustworthy and should be used sparingly or not at all.

2022 January 31, Andrew Cunningham, “Review: MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software—for better or worse”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 2024-09-28:

(programming, often derogatory) A piece of software which is only available as a binary file (as opposed to being open-source), thus making the program very difficult to audit or modify.


hypercannon

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"You'll have to use the hypercannon", the professor answered.

1994, Dina Anastasio, Virtual Troopers: Virtual Reality Magician, Price Stern Sloan, →ISBN, page 136:

Notice that this law also states that we cannot hope to achieve superluminal (faster than light) speeds with a hypercannon mounted on a relativistic spaceship.

2005, John F. Hawley, Katherine A. Holcomb, Foundations of Modern Cosmology, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 193:

Once I realize what I am looking, I have some doubts that this hypercannon is going to be any use to us.

2014, Cynthia Green, Scott Green, GunKnight, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, →ISBN, page 237:

(science fiction, video games, rare, weaponry, fantasy) An extraordinarily powerful, superior cannon.


off-by-one bug

off-by-one error
off-by-one error#English

(programming) Synonym of off-by-one error


facet name

(computing, programming) A technical name that identifies a facet in code, such as in a shortcode.


HTTP verb

(programming, Internet) A HTTP method; any of a predefined set of words (such as GET, OPTIONS or POST) that are part of an HTTP request and indicate the desired action to be performed on a given resource.


non-direct buffer

non-direct buffer (plural non-direct buffers)

Coordinate term: direct buffer

(computing, programming) A buffer whose underlying data is a byte array that is allocated in the Java heap area.


direct buffer

Coordinate term: non-direct buffer

(computing, programming) A portion of native memory that is shared with Java and can be used for direct reads.


non-free software

(computing, software) Software that cannot be freely copied, redistributed and modified, including source code.

(computing, software) Any software that is not free, such as payware.


Wi-Fi warrior

[DMBrandon:] These guys [Dabuz and Salem] play on Wi-Fi a lot.
[Gunblade:] Yes, these are two of the Wi-Fi warriors, as we like to call them.
[DMBrandon:] Yes, they are.

2011 October 23, 2:09 from the start, in Concentrate II - Brawl One-Stock W2 - Dabuz VS Salem, spoken by DMBrandon and Gunblade, via YouTube, archived from the original on 2024-11-29:

Jab1-> Dsmash: I don't recommend this one at all, jab to downB is much more forgiving unless you staled it like a true Wi-Fi warrior.

2018 December 17, Ostro, “Re: Yoshi Frame Data & Combos”, in Smashboards, archived from the original on 2019-04-12:

Upcomer spoke to Tanner “SKITTLES!!” Jordan and Robert “Myran” Herrin to get their insights on how wi-fi warriors can effectively transition from online Smash Ultimate to offline.

2021 June 23, Dylan Tate, “How to transition from online to offline Super Smash Bros. Ultimate”, in Upcomer, archived from the original on 2024-04-23:

(video games) A person who primarily plays online rather than offline.

[Title:] Wi-Fi warriors beware: Dead or Alive 6 allows players to see and select what type of connections they play against online

2019 February 24, Dakota DarkHorse Hills, “Wi-Fi warriors beware: Dead or Alive 6 allows players to see and select what type of connections they play against online”, in EventHubs, archived from the original on 2023-06-09:

The registration is also open to anyone; SSI [Soaked Series Invitiational] is welcoming anyone of any level as long as you meet a couple requirements: One, you have to have a fucking Ethernet adapter. No Wi-Fi warriors, no fucking limp-dicked Wi-Fi wieners out here. We need Ethernet adapters to help with lag.

2020 February 17, penguinz0 (Charles Christopher White Jr.), 4:05 from the start, in Soaked Series Invitational $10,000 Tournament, via YouTube, archived from the original on 2024-04-17:

He [senior director Tom Cannon] announced that 2XKO will have server-based Rollback netcode, that you could throw out your fears of protecting yourself against Wi-Fi warriors and their sub-standard connections and rest easy.

2024 February 25, Connor Makar, “2XKO will have "server-based rollback netcode", but how will that impact the game and its players?”, in VG247, Gamer Network Limited, archived from the original on 2024-07-12:

(video games) A person who plays online via wireless connection (Wi-Fi) rather than wired connection.


Arceism

Beyond those holidays, Arceism should be celebrated by one's own interpretation.

Arceus is ironically worshipped within the Pokémon community, as in the Facebook Page “Arceism” naming a fictional religion centered around it [6].

2023, Suraj Sood, “The Augmented Cognition of Religion and Spirituality in Media”, in Augmented Cognition:

In mainstream Arceism, Arceus is regarded as the creator of all Pokemon, Ghost-types included.

2024 November 28, ElSquibbonator, Reddit:

new religious movement
new religious movement

(fandom slang, video games, anime, manga) A parody religion or new religious movement based on the Pokémon franchise, centered on the veneration of Arceus, a creator deity in the canon of the series.


Cruise Elroy

Unknown; the term does not appear in the game itself.

As the player munches through the dots, pills and spirits of the maze, Blinky is provided with extra speed, turning him into what is commonly known as 'Cruise Elroy'. The origin of this term is unknown, but it is believed to be attributed to Spencer Ouren of the Bozeman Think Tank which cracked the problem of grouping ghosts in Ms. Pac-Man.

2018, Alex Wade, The Pac-Man Principle: A User's Guide To Capitalism:

2021, Holger Weßling, Jack Goldstein, 101 Amazing Facts about Pac-Man
Cruise Elroy breaks the rules in that he sometimes chases after Pac-Man even in scatter mode.

(video games, slang) The enemy ghost character Blinky in the 1980 video game Pac-Man, when he enters a mode in which he can outpace the player character Pac-Man.


OBOE

(programming) Initialism of off-by-one error.


PLINQ

(programming, .NET) Acronym of Parallel Language Integrated Query.


semicoroutine

Each incarnations needs some block structure information (static and dynamic link, display or such like), a return label, n+1 label variables for the activation points of the cooperation (in the "semicoroutine" case) and of the n coprocedures and the space needed for parameters and locals.

1974, Information Processing (IFIP transactions: Computer science and technology), Unesco, page 409:

C# 2.0 added semi-coroutine functionality through the iterator pattern and yield keyword.

2024, Vaskaran Sarcar, Parallel Programming with C# And . NET: Fundamentals of Concurrency and Asynchrony Behind Fast-Paced Applications, Apress, →ISBN, page 359:

(programming) A type of coroutine with limited control over its execution flow that can yield values multiple times, suspending its execution and allowing the caller to resume it later. However, unlike full coroutines, semicoroutines do not specify where the execution will continue after yielding; control is always returned to the caller.


membar

The crucial thing to remember about memory visibility is that the perceived *sequence* of two operations is not guaranteed to be the same as seen from two different threads unless membars are used to guarantee it.

2003 September 25, Mike Mowbray, “Threads and initialization only once”, in comp.programming.threads (Usenet):

(systems programming) A memory barrier (an instruction that enforces an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after it).


Pokésona

From Poké- (“pertaining to Pokémon or the Pokémon media franchise”) + -sona (“added to a noun to describe a character of the noun's form, typically one used to represent oneself in fandom spaces”).

affix

(fandom slang) An original character or fursona that is a Pokémon, whether based on an existing one or fanmade.


metaprogrammable

(programming) Having support for metaprogramming.


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.


defensive copying

software engineering
software engineering

(software engineering) The design pattern of using defensive copies.


blue-green deployment

(software engineering) The technique of rolling out changes to a system by alternating the production and staging servers each time. One server is referred to as "green" and the other as "blue".


defensive copy

en-noun

defensive copy (plural defensive copies)

(software engineering) A copy of an object made for the purpose of preventing unwanted mutation of the original.


ICSE

(software) Initialism of International Conference on Software Engineering.


continuous delivery pipeline

continuous delivery pipeline (countable and uncountable, plural continuous delivery pipelines)

(software, computing) An automated series of steps that moves software code from the development stage through building, testing, and deployment to a production environment.


procedure call

(computing, programming) A statement that invokes a procedure in a program.


conversion mod

A conversion mod featuring new enemies, new weapons and custom campaign featuring its own soundtrack.

2024 July 3, ZKiller467570, Quadinfernal mod for Quake - ModDB:

(video games) A grand modification to a video game that completely changes the nature of the game.