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Taken from Game Spot News.

Games often have their own terms for different weapons, monsters, maps, equipment, or items. This allows the game to be unique and have its own lingo. People can joke amongst each other using terms specific to the game, and only those who play the game can really understand what's being said. People new to games often have to get used to the game lingo either by piecing the puzzle together themselves, or by risking their pride and asking a fellow player what the term means.

Blizzard Entertainment is making gaming even more accessible to all people by creating their own World of Warcraft Encyclopedia. This encyclopedia allows newcomers to the game to get adjusted more easily instead of forcing players to discover the meaning behind certain terms for themselves. However, I'm sure there are probably abbreviations withing these terms that players have created for themselves.

Guides similar to Blizzard's encyclopedia have already been created, although they cannot officially be linked to Blizzard's site. Avid fans of the game who wish to help out lost new souls have created these kinds of guides either out of an abundance of free time, or because they know what it's like to be a new person to a game, or maybe both. This personal page includes game slang, specific to World of Warcraft, and (for some) might actually be more helpful than Blizzard's encyclopedia. It even includes the term 1337!

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