Results for “ROM hack”

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ROM hacking
noun

Cracking open a game's ROM to rewrite how it plays or looks.

#emulation#modding#homebrew#retro
ROM dump
noun

A digital rip of a cartridge or disc's data.

#emulation#preservation#retro#rom
Roman Empire
phrase

The random thing you think about way more often than is reasonable.

#tiktok#gen-z#trend#obsession
Romex
noun

The plastic-jacketed house wiring inside basically every American home built since the 60s.

#construction#electrical#wiring#trades
main character syndrome
phrase

Acting online like the world is a film and you're the lead everyone tuned in to watch.

#tiktok#twitter#personality#self-importance
dark romance
noun

Romance subgenre that leans into the taboo — morally grey leads, violence, dubcon, kidnap plots.

#booktok#romance#genre#fandom
hack
noun

A prison guard.

#prison#incarceration#guards#corrections
Alabama chrome
noun phrase

Duct tape doing the job a bodyshop should.

#trucker#cb-radio#repair#duct-tape
Tromle
noun

Verlan for 'metro' — the underground/subway, a daily-life banlieue word.

#verlan#french#argot#transport
Burnout
noun

Total physical and mental exhaustion from prolonged stress, usually work.

#gen-z#mental-health#money#internet
anti-flash
verb, noun

Turning away from an incoming flashbang to reduce how blind you go.

#cs2#valorant#flashbang#fps
camper
noun

A player who won't budge from one spot, usually tucked in a corner.

#fps#playstyle#callofduty#classic
roamer
noun

The defender who ditches the objective to hunt attackers from behind.

#fps#rainbow-six-siege#roles#defense
poke
verb

Chipping the enemy down from range without committing to a real fight.

#league#moba#combat
blue buff
noun

Mana-regen and ability-haste buff from the Blue Sentinel jungle camp.

#league of legends#moba#jungle#buffs
red buff
noun

Burn-and-slow buff from the Red Brambleback jungle camp.

#league of legends#moba#jungle#buffs
steal
verb

Snatching an objective from under the enemy's nose, usually with Smite.

#league of legends#moba#objectives#jungle
brush
noun

Map bushes that hide you from sight, prime ambush spots.

#moba#league of legends#vision#map
ADC
noun

Attack Damage Carry, the ranged auto-attacker that hard-carries from bot lane.

#moba#league of legends#role#botlane
courier
noun

The little delivery unit that ferries items from the shop out to your heroes.

#dota2#moba#items#economy
kite
verb

Backpedalling away from an enemy while still hitting it from range.

#mmo#rpg#moba#ranged
spread
noun

Get away from everyone — a mechanic that punishes you for standing together.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#mechanics
one-shot
adjective

Enemy's one hit from going down — finish them.

#battle royale#callout#fps
poking
verb

Chipping an enemy from range without fully committing.

#battle royale#tactics#fps
pinch
noun

Pressuring an enemy from two directions at once so they've got nowhere to go.

#battle royale#tactics#teamplay
ground loot
noun

Loot that spawns out in the world, not from crates or crafting.

#battle royale#loot#apex legends
Cross-up
noun, verb

An attack that hits from behind, tricking you into blocking the wrong way.

#fighting games#fgc#mixup#okizeme
Zoner
noun

A character built to keep you at arm's length and chip you from afar.

#fighting games#archetype#spacing#fgc
Zero-to-death
noun

A single combo that takes someone from full health to KO with no escape.

#fighting games#combos#smash#fgc
SHFFL
noun, verb

Short hop, fast fall, L-cancel an aerial — the cleanest, laggiest-free way to throw an air move from the ground in Melee.

#smash bros#melee#tech#fgc
parallel universe
noun

SM64's phantom map copies born from overflowing coordinates.

#sm64#speedrunning#abc#glitch
point-blank
noun

Firing from right up against an enemy to concentrate maximum damage.

#shmup#scoring#bosses#retro
No-Intro
proper noun

The group that keeps ROM dumps clean, verified and honest.

#preservation#emulation#dat#rom
Raise Your Dongers
phrase

Twitch hype chant with an arms-up emoticon, born from Imaqtpie's Heimerdinger.

#twitch#league of legends#emoticon#hype
devious lick
phrase

Stealing something — usually from school — and bragging about it on TikTok.

#tiktok#gen-z#trend#2021
bones day
phrase

A go-for-it day — green light from the universe, courtesy of an elderly pug.

#tiktok#gen-z#2021#horoscope
vabbing 18+
verb

Mature content — open to view.

#tiktok#gen-z#trend#dating
hawk tuah
phrase

Viral onomatopoeia for a spit, from a street-interview clip heard around the world.

#tiktok#2024#viral#catchphrase
chupapi munyanyo
phrase

Gibberish prank catchphrase from a 2020 TikTok creator.

#tiktok#2020#viral#prank
tell me X without telling me X
phrase

Prompt format inviting indirect self-disclosure through telling details.

#twitter#tiktok#format#meme
and I took that personally
phrase

Dramatic comeback line lifted from Michael Jordan's documentary, deployed for petty grudges.

#twitter#meme#sports#format
horny on main
phrase

Posting thirsty content from your real, public account instead of the burner.

#twitter#horny#alt-account#gen-z
ship
verb

To want two people — real or fictional — to be romantically together.

#fandom#stan-twitter#shipping#fanfic
HEA
noun

Happily Ever After — the locked-in romance ending.

#booktok#romance#publishing#acronym
MMC/FMC
noun

Male / Female Main Character in a romance novel.

#booktok#romance#acronym#fandom
spice level
noun phrase

Chili-pepper rating of how explicit a romance book gets.

#booktok#romance#books#rating
slow burn
noun phrase

A romance that takes its sweet time getting going.

#booktok#fanfic#tropes#romance
stern brunch daddy
phrase

Romance-novel hero archetype: older, distinguished, commanding — but the kind who'd order for the table and fix your problems.

#booktok#romance#archetype#fandom