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Definitions by Elerin

Pull an Adrenaline 

IPA: ˈpʊl ən ə'dɹɜnəlɪ̃n

1) To accidentally summon Thunderaan

The term originates from the late 1600's when the Count of Adrénaline ventured to the outer reaches of Silithus by himself, accidentally summoned a legendary world boss, and had to call the whole guild for assistance or risk losing both bindings.
Chaud: Now that you have both bindings, Iron, make sure you don't go and pull an Adrenaline...
Iron: Of course not, I'm not retarded!
Pull an Adrenaline by Elerin March 30, 2020

Tic-move 

IPA: tʰɪk mu:v

n. (plural: tic moves)

1. Conduct characteristic of an explosive druid who removes world buffs from fellow raiders after downing the boss.
Fignuts: Today in raid some idiot druid got the Vael bomb and blew us all up.
Jk: Wow, what a Tic-move!
Tic-move by Elerin March 3, 2020
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
Tic by Elerin February 27, 2020

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.
To Pull a Sniper by Elerin December 10, 2019

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.
To Hepple by Elerin December 10, 2019
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?
Gankar by Elerin December 10, 2019

To Pull an Elerin

IPA: ˈpʊl ə̃n ˈɛlɚɹɪ̃n

v., Idiomatic

To tell an outlandish lie with such conviction that others actually believe it.

Originates from the Zimbabwe dialect of Shona (irini, meaning "troll") > Arabic (al jaarin) > English
Elerin: @everyone Azuregos is up.
Everyone: *drop everything and log on*
Azuregos: *not up*
Everyone: God dammit, we should have known Elerin was going to pull an Elerin!
To Pull an Elerin by Elerin December 10, 2019