Doom

frag

Image via Wikipedia

frag:

[from Vietnam-era U.S. military, slang via the games Doom and Quake]

1. To kill another player's avatar in a multiuser game. "I hold the office Quake record with 40 frags."
2. To completely ruin something. "Forget that power supply, the lightning strike fragged it." See also gib.

---

Marcadores: Doom, Games, Quake, Shooter, Slang, Vietnam, War

---

# 5/14/2009 07:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

gib

Image via Wikipedia

gib:

1. vi. To destroy utterly. Like frag, but much more violent and final. "There's no trace left. You definitely gibbed that bug".
2. n. Remnants after total obliteration.
   Popilarized by id software in the game Quake, but actually goes back to an earlier game called Rise of the Triad. It's short for giblets (thus pronounced "jib"), and referred to the bloody remains of slain opponents. Eventually the word was verbed, and leaked into general usage afterward.
   

---

Marcadores: Doom, Frag, Games, Quake, Shooter, Software, War

---

# 5/14/2009 05:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,