We dont even need to think about it much!
Were cool like that.
Old words with new meanings
Catfishinits verb formonce meant to fish for catfish.
Now it means that and to trick someone online by setting up a fake profile.
Handle: Using handle to mean alias actually pre-dates the widespread use of the internet.
Ping: Ping used to simply mean a short ringing sound, or to make a short ringing sound.
(I havent heard back from her yet; Ill ping her again.)
Tweet: Twitter hijacked the word tweet, and birds arepissed.
Drone:Drone meaning remote controlled aircraft wasfirst used in 1936to describe an early pilotless craft.
OLD: This just-catching-on-now word is an almost-acronym for online dating.
Spam: Spam, the canned meat product, was released in 1937.
It was sent on ARPANET in 1978 and 393 people were spammed in the incident.
Example: I cant believe they nerfed Luigi inSuper Smash Bros. 4!
From the foam football.
Buff: The opposite of nerf.
Buffing is when game devs make a game element more powerful.
Its also used in PRGs and MMORPGS to describe a temporary, player-given boost.
Camping: Finding an advantageous position in a shooter game and just staying there.
Whether you think this is a legitimate tactic depends on whether or not youre a camper.
An Atari executive called it an Easter egg for players to find, and the name stuck.
It now can refer to something hidden in any kind of media.
Grind: Performing repetitive tasks in a game to gain some advantage (eventually).
Mod: An altercation of a game by fans or amateur developers.
Its short for modification.
Smurf: Higher level player making a lower level alt to thwart match-making features and smash noobs.
Thisdates back to the 1990sand a couple ofWarcraft IIplayers who chose PapaSmurf and Smurfette for their low-level characters.
