What EverQuest slang would completely confuse modern gamers?

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Originally Posted by sensawl [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah that’s a good one. In EQ it was just a low level character stacked with high end gear funded by a main.

Now if someone hears “twink” outside of old MMOs they’d think something completely different.

Funny how the same word can evolve like that depending on the community.

Twink is still a really popular term in WoW. We just clipped a friend a couple of weeks ago because he was talking about how much he loves twinks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] he sounded... fruity as hell. Ding is also very common in WoW.

I think one word that was really popular back in the EQ era... that I don't think I've ever seen anyone use since then would be... "WOOT." Now for all I know maybe Woot is still a commonly used term or phrase, and I'm just out of touch, but from my perspective it's something that went away almost entirely. For a social experiment I'm tempted to just start saying it again to see if my friend group adopts it. A lot of them seem to copy my boomer phrases and words already.