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23 everyday words and phrases used by gamers, that non-gamers think mean something VERY different

Mention an escort mission, and they'll think you're a dirty perv

Words: on March 21, 2012
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54 comments

  • jdognasty - March 21, 2012 7:03 p.m.

    i think toon could have easily made the list

  • brickman409 - March 21, 2012 6:37 p.m.

    i have never heard anyone use sprite as some kind of fairy. whenever most people heard the word sprite they think of the soda

  • narddog - March 21, 2012 6:35 p.m.

    Pahaha, Level grinding. Brilliant.

  • talleyXIV - March 21, 2012 4:11 p.m.

    Fudge you, Yoko Ono! Stupid bitch!

  • AuthorityFigure - March 22, 2012 1:13 a.m.

    'Camping' is one too.

  • Zeedar - March 21, 2012 2:48 p.m.

    oh yeah and boss!

  • Zeedar - March 21, 2012 2:47 p.m.

    Sandbox?

  • e1337prodigy - March 21, 2012 2:12 p.m.

    Number 7 is a particular highlight. "Escort mission Gamers know it refers to: A stock mission type, particularly prevalent in shooters, in which the player must ensure the safety of an NPC throughout a gauntlet of potentially fatal dangers. Non-gamers think it means: Going out to find a prostitute." I can just imagine, telling my dad "I be downstairs in a sec, I just gotta do this escort mission". Not realising that is probably what he thinks.

  • D0CCON - March 21, 2012 2:12 p.m.

    Teabagging? I'm pretty sure the real world doesn't associate it with crouching up and down on a dead body. However, I have seen people confuse COD with cod and thought the word respawn was something nasty.

  • AuthorityFigure - March 22, 2012 1:15 a.m.

    Yeah teabagging existed in life before games - and yes it means what it means...

  • D0CCON - March 23, 2012 9:12 p.m.

    The in game version just pretends to do it, it isn't the actual motion.

  • e1337prodigy - March 21, 2012 2:10 p.m.

    Lol, brilliant article.

  • Matt Hughes - March 21, 2012 2:01 p.m.

    Yes! Thank you for the lols

  • Groocifer - March 21, 2012 1:05 p.m.

    Yoko Ono. Superb. I salute you.

  • I_Go_Next - March 21, 2012 12:20 p.m.

    Spawn Camping? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!

  • IceBlueKirby - March 21, 2012 11:48 a.m.

    That was absolutely hilarious! And I have to agree with most everyone else that the super combo/combo breaker was the best part.

  • Daruniah - March 21, 2012 10:59 a.m.

    The battery back-up was the only one I didn't immediately get. You are getting old Mr. Houghton.

  • BOOOM headshot - March 21, 2012 10:49 a.m.

    combo breaker to a non gamer yoko ono lmfao thats great!

  • Mugen - March 21, 2012 10:12 a.m.

    The Super Combo/Combo breaker combo absolutely cracked me up! xD

  • comaqi - March 21, 2012 9:56 a.m.

    Love it!

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