World of WarCraft. A subscription based massive multiplayer online role playing game released by Blizzard in November 2004. It is currently the largest of its kind in the world with over five million subscribers world wide (over one million in the United States). After level 60, there is very little you can accomplish unless you schedule time to play daily. Many have fallen into the trap of playing this game, and needing to get that next piece of “1337” gear to impress “n00bs” in Ironforge.
In order to become powerful enough to dominate everyone in PvP combat without trying, you need to collect the most powerful raiding armor sets. This usually requires large guilds composed of mostly high school and college students/dropouts or fat unemployed people in their 40’s cursing and complaining and making gay references over Ventrilo or Teamspeak. There is often a point system, and a lot of drama involved in gaining gear. These guilds are rarely managed by anyone with any real marketable management skill.
Long term exposure to this game has hazardous side effects to ones life. Before you know it, your friend base starts shrinking. Your wife/girlfriend leaves. You become bitter, and play the game even more to escape while popping down your Prozac with lukewarm Mountain Dew. You had four jobs with periods of unemployment in the past year, and you live in your parents basement while posting up generalized, uncited, bias, unproven generalized and opinionated rants on some message board bitching about how something is out of balance. The few friends you have left (who all also play WoW) at your community college (which you have been in for 6 years only to stay on your parents insurance plan) use terms like DPS in real life conversations.
Most can greatly improve their life situation by quitting the game. It’s not so much of what the game does, but rather what it prevents you from doing while playing. Once liberated from WoW, those extra 30-120 hours a week can be put to productive use.
In order to become powerful enough to dominate everyone in PvP combat without trying, you need to collect the most powerful raiding armor sets. This usually requires large guilds composed of mostly high school and college students/dropouts or fat unemployed people in their 40’s cursing and complaining and making gay references over Ventrilo or Teamspeak. There is often a point system, and a lot of drama involved in gaining gear. These guilds are rarely managed by anyone with any real marketable management skill.
Long term exposure to this game has hazardous side effects to ones life. Before you know it, your friend base starts shrinking. Your wife/girlfriend leaves. You become bitter, and play the game even more to escape while popping down your Prozac with lukewarm Mountain Dew. You had four jobs with periods of unemployment in the past year, and you live in your parents basement while posting up generalized, uncited, bias, unproven generalized and opinionated rants on some message board bitching about how something is out of balance. The few friends you have left (who all also play WoW) at your community college (which you have been in for 6 years only to stay on your parents insurance plan) use terms like DPS in real life conversations.
Most can greatly improve their life situation by quitting the game. It’s not so much of what the game does, but rather what it prevents you from doing while playing. Once liberated from WoW, those extra 30-120 hours a week can be put to productive use.
Yeah, Joe used to be the star quarterback. He also had a hot girlfriend, and a academic scholarship to Harvard. Now, he is in his mid 20’s still living at home always playing WoW. Almost never hear from him anymore.
by Xeal June 23, 2006
Christopher Walken was the first to make this phrase popular in the SNL skit "The Continental". "Wowwy wow wow wow" is used every day. From celebrities to even the lowly shopkeep, none can escape from this almost poetic catch phrase. This phrase has not only made its mark on American society but that of Europe and some parts of Tunisia, and some say this most beautiful assemblage of the English language will forever be uttered in the annals of comedy genius.
"Wowwy wow wow wow! Casey, these brownies are delicious."
"Wowwy wow wow wow! Was that just a freaken pteridactal that flew by?"
"Wowwy wow wow wow, I've got the cancer."
"Wowwy wow wow wow! Was that just a freaken pteridactal that flew by?"
"Wowwy wow wow wow, I've got the cancer."
by P. Mes September 23, 2006
When an unattractive nerd like person see's a person they find attractive, they mouth the word "WOW".
I was driving my car and slowed down to turn the corner when some ugly balding nerd with taped up broken glasses wowed me as I drove past.
by Frog Princess August 25, 2009
World of Warcraft. An online game played by far too many people. Not only does it engulf the player, and become their life, but it takes over the lives of those around them. The player will often forget to eat and drink and will rarely leave the house. They will feature less and less in their friends' lives as all they can do is talk about the game. Their life revolves around it and it soon becomes all they have as friends don't want to be around them anymore.
Friend: hey dude, haven't seen you in ages, wanna hang out on Monday?
Player: yeah sure, can I bring my laptop?
Friend: why?!
Player: got to be in wow for the raid, there's a chance of epix and i can't miss it.
Friend: right, no thanks. maybe i can see you another day.
Player: yeah sure, can I bring my laptop?
Friend: why?!
Player: got to be in wow for the raid, there's a chance of epix and i can't miss it.
Friend: right, no thanks. maybe i can see you another day.
by wow victim by default September 06, 2006
A term used by a woman meaning which can have different meanings like "oh my gawd! I can't believe someone could be so stupid!", "how could somebody be so oblivious?! Pay attention! " or "how could somebody be such a careless ass hole."
1. Friend 1: "That chick has slept with 20 different people this week and asked how she got an STD!"
Friend 2: "WOW!"
2. Girl: "Seriously? She has liked you for over a year and you're just now figuring it out?! Not only have people been talking about forever she's can't keep from acting like a spaz when you are around!"
Guy: "No I didn't know"
Girl: "WOW!"
3: Friend 1: "He cheated on me three times and when I found out said I was the most useless thing on earth and then left"
Friend 2: "WOW! "
Friend 2: "WOW!"
2. Girl: "Seriously? She has liked you for over a year and you're just now figuring it out?! Not only have people been talking about forever she's can't keep from acting like a spaz when you are around!"
Guy: "No I didn't know"
Girl: "WOW!"
3: Friend 1: "He cheated on me three times and when I found out said I was the most useless thing on earth and then left"
Friend 2: "WOW! "
by jp0217<3 August 06, 2014
To get punked or to get embarassed. Anything that would make a crowd of people say "ohhh that kid got wowed"
by JAMAL August 02, 2004