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Gaming terms to add to your vocabulary

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by JoAnna Wendel
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Teabagging /ti-bæɡ-ing/(verb): The act of repeatedly crouching over an in-game enemy’s recently deceased corpse as a way to mock and insult them.

ProTip /prəʊ-/tɪp/(noun): A term used to preface a piece of advice that is genuinely helpful or, more commonly, obvious advice sarcastically presented as sage wisdom.

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