A
computer-roleplaying-game player, whose character is such a high level that the playing is actually getting a
bit boring. It can either mean a player who moves very slowly in the game, preferring to level up than follow the plot; a player who is stuck in the plot and wanders aimlessly trying to find a way to continue; or a player who has almost completed the plot, but doesn'
t want to game to end and is just wandering, unwilling to finish.
The term originates from the Douglas Adams's novel "Life, the Universe, and Everything", where an immortal grey-green alien by the
name of Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged travels the universe in order to insult everybody in alphabetical order. Also,
WoW stands for World of Warcraft, a large,
popular multi-player online roleplaying game.