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An acronym derived from the popular phrase "Lamp Stack". WIMP is a sarcastic way of describing the use of Windows, IIS (MySQL|MSSQL), and (PHP|Python|Perl).
by Jazz Hater March 09, 2009
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In MMPORGs like MUDs, it refers to the tactic of an administrator to make something desirable or useful less so. While usually done with the noble intent to equalize an unbalancing element, it invariably evokes cries of anger and bitterness from the playerbase. Thus, it used as a term of derision.
The opposite of "wimping" is "buffing."
The opposite of "wimping" is "buffing."
The admins replaced the Petrification spell on the Almighty Staff of Instant Stoning and replaced it with a Continual Light spell. Why are they always wimping the good stuff?
by Werttrew October 04, 2005