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?
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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 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 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 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.
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To Pull a Maza

/gquit
Iron: Hey Maza, have some loot!
Maza: /gquit
Everyone: Who would have thought Maza was going to pull a Maza? /shockedpikachuface
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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!
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