Derived from the original word "own," both words have the same meaning: to defeat some other entity in battle or other form of competition. The "pwnz" origin is probably from the f [..]

"laugh(ing) out loud"

Resting in order to gain back mana in EQ was called Meditating. This is the commonly used abbreviation, also shortened to Med, as in, "Don't pull yet, I need to med."

A numerical translation for "elite" pronounced "leet," 1337 is a slang developed by hackers in the '80s used over the internet. Many words from the slang have leaked to popula [..]

Area Effect. Used to refer to area-effect spells or abilities. E.g. fireball, smoke grenade.

Away from keyboard

As a verb, it refers to a hostile mob that has noticed a player and is actively trying to attack that player. As a noun, it refers to the amount of "hostility" the player has generated on th [..]

Short for "alternate". It refers to the alternate character a player has from their main character. This is not a stable category as sometimes alts can out level mains and sometimes mains be [..]

Abbreviation for Anarchy Online