noun, verb Gaming Slang

pug

· noun, verb · gaming

A random group of strangers thrown together for a run.

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Definitions

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Pick-Up Group. A team of players who don't know each other, usually formed through the in-game group finder. The opposite of running with your guild or mates. Notoriously hit or miss.

“I'm not running this in a pug, half of them won't even know the mechanics.”
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Also used as a verb, meaning to join or fill a slot with randoms instead of a premade.

“We only had four guildies online so we pugged the last two spots.”
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pug In A Sentence

I'm not running this in a pug, half of them won't even know the mechanics.
We only had four guildies online so we pugged the last two spots.

Origin & Usage

Acronym for 'pick-up group', from MMO group-finding. Compare the basketball sense of a pick-up game.

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