Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

[BlaiseArath]

I don't mind people who use different terms. but personally I dislike the terms... "Threat" when used to describe your enmity/hate, "Taunt" used to describe the act of claiming enmity/hate, "Pally" to describe PLD, "Degen"(Apparently for DoTs?), people calling the Adds on Demon wall "Bees' when they're clearly Gnats and theres actually bee mobs in this game so idkwtf, "DPS" used to describe Damage Dealers... Basically i dislike most of the accepted "MMO" terminology wherever it generated from... And i know I'm missing a lot.

So yah, continue using them, Its cool by me, I just dislike em I don't hate the people who use it, Its just a long list of terms I'd never catch myself saying, thats all.

[Gunblazer42]

Degen"(Apparently for DoTs?

It's a prefix thing. To -re-gen you get health back over time. To -de-gen means to lose health over time.

That being said, the only term that annoys the hell out of me is "toon". Avatar I can get, but "toon"...

[Quesse]

I don't mind people who use different terms. but personally I dislike the terms... "Threat" when used to describe your enmity/hate, "Taunt" used to describe the act of claiming enmity/hate, "Pally" to describe PLD, "Degen"(Apparently for DoTs?), people calling the Adds on Demon wall "Bees' when they're clearly Gnats and theres actually bee mobs in this game so idkwtf, "DPS" used to describe Damage Dealers... Basically i dislike most of the accepted "MMO" terminology wherever it generated from... And i know I'm missing a lot.

So yah, continue using them, Its cool by me, I just dislike em I don't hate the people who use it, Its just a long list of terms I'd never catch myself saying, thats all.

Degen. that's a good one. lol. i saw someone say yesterday "I need a 50 GSM for a meld pst whisper"... huh? at least they got the pst part right. xD