Gankar

IPA: ˈgæ̃ŋˌkɑr

n. (pl. Gankars)

An ultimatum that if you are not the first to receive gear, you will have to pull a Maza and the guild will be left without your invaluable DPS and skills.

Latin (Cancare, meaning "to be deluded") > Spanish (Gancar) > English (c. 1850 with the sense of "a deluded statement")
Chaud: He's offered us a Gankar - either we give him all the loot, or he leaves.
Qtpie: Oh no! What will we do?
by Elerin December 10, 2019
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Pull a Spifty

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈspɪfˌɾi

Idiom

To accept an Onyxia Hide Backpack without saying anything, even though you already have one and there are mains in the raid who do not.

Origin of the term is uncertain, but some scholars believe it comes from Old Frisian (c.f. German "Ein Spifty pullen"; Dutch "een Spifty puljen"). Many believe the legendary character Spifty not to have been the first to do this.
Iron: If you already have a bag, tell us so we don't give you another one. We don't want anyone to pull a Spifty again.
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To Pull a Spifty

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈspɪfˌɾi

v., Idiomatic

To accept an Onyxia Hide Backpack without saying anything, even though you already have one and there are mains in the raid who do not.

Origin of the term is uncertain, but some scholars believe it comes from Old Frisian (c.f. German "Ein Spifty pullen"; Dutch "een Spifty puljen"). Many believe the legendary character Spifty not to have been the first to do this.
Iron: If you already have a bag, tell us so we don't give you another one. We don't want anyone to pull a Spifty again.
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To Hepple

IPA: ˈhɛˌpl̩

v. heppled, heppling

To cast Power Word: Shield on everyone in the raid, do less healing than the hunters, and then get offended when anyone makes any suggestions on how to be a better healer

Classical Latin (Hepilis, meaning "to act childishly") > Vulgar Latin (Hepilum) > Old Norman (Héple) > English
Natural History, by Pliny the Elder, Lib. XIII

In the same manner, too, Elpis, a native of Samos, on landing from a vessel on the coast of Africa, observed a lion near the beach, opening his mouth in a threatening manner; upon which he climbed a tree, and proceeded to Hepple himself.
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To Pull a Bobbi

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈbɔ ˌbi

v., Idiomatic

1. To complain about not getting loot, even though you never asked for loot, and to expect others to ask on your behalf

2. To refuse to bring the necessary pots to raid and then be surprised when you do not make core

3. Chiefly British To /gquit so hard that you switch to another server
First recorded in 1647 by Milton:

"Stand not amazed: the prince will doom thee death if thou art taken: hence, be gone, away! Make haste to pull a Bobbi, and leave this place anon!"
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Tic

IPA: tʰɪk

n. (plural: tics)

1. An explosive druid, used to efficiently remove world buffs from fellow raiders after downing the boss.

From Old English (c.f. Dutch tik, Middle High German zic), echoic for a small tapping sound, first recoded use ironically to mean a large explosion in 2020 on Pagle.
Fignuts: Today in raid, there was a Tic after Vael and we all died.
Jk: Naisu
by Elerin February 27, 2020
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To Pull a Sniper

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈsnɑ͜ɪˌpɚ

v., Idiomatic

To "accidentally" (read: purposely) pull mobs in MC, including Ragnaros, resulting in the wipe of the entire raid.
Iron: I can't deal with this shit. If someone is going to pull a Sniper everytime we run MC, I'm just going to have to commit sudoku.
by Elerin December 10, 2019
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