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instance 

Instance is very similar to example because it actually means the same thing, so instead of using example all the time try using instance because they both might be different words but with same definitions
"Hey Sam, why do you think that bla bla bla is bla bla bla" , "Because bla bla bla is bla bla bla, like for INSTANCE bla bla bla"
instance by Babeylle February 17, 2017

instance 

Instances are dungeons and special areas in World of Warcraft which many copies can exist at once. An instance allows many groups of players to traverse the same geography and battle the same enemies at the same time, without interfering with each other. Instances are accessible by a swirling portal. They may be blocked by a locked door which requires a key.
Instances were made as a way so solve a set of related problems which had become obvious. Everyone wants to slay the hardest monsters and get the best loot, but having the whole server at the very same spot at the same time would've crashed the server.
In World of Warcraft you can find instances such as Naxx and BWL.
d00d1: LFG any high lvl instance.
d00d2: d00d1, join us! we're going to UBRS ;)
instance by Håkon September 5, 2006

Additional instances cannot be launched, please try again later. 

Being unable to play a instance (or dungeon) in World Of Warcraft due to too many other instances already being in play.

Most commonly, the player sits outside the dungeon and cries about quitting the game, but for some reason you end up spending hours upon hours waiting until you can get in.
Human Priest: i keep getting "Additional instances cannot be launched, please try again later."

Dwarf Hunter: OMFG THIS IS BULLSHIT I CAN'T BELIEVE I PAY 15 BUCKS A MONTH FOR THIS.

Gnome Rogue: ima go listen to some crab core

Tauren Druid makes some strange gestures.

Billie Jean instance 

when you're out and about and some girl you may or may not remember from the past comes up to you and is either pregnant or with a child. Then she claims that YOU are the father.
I was in a BW3 restaurant and this short stacked young blonde woman dressed in a black sweather, a short black skirt and black shoes called out my name and she came up to me with a baby boy and his eyes were like mine. Oh no. Who is that girl? Where did I meet her? This is a Billie Jean instance. It's just like the 1983 Michael Jackson hit.

nth instance 

a substitute for imagining what has not happened yet.
Though he would not admit that he cheated upon me but for nth instance let me wipe my tears off.

Additional instances cannot be launched, please try again later. 

The reason everyone I know, including me, quit wow! Good job Blizzard!
Hey man whenever I try to go into an instance it says "Additional instances cannot be launched, please try again later., this game is broken.

Yeah lets go rock some HoN baddies or some TF2, I just canceled my wow im not paying $15 for broken garbage service. Peace.
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