The Video Game language, Vime, is generally broken down by game genre. Every genre has some specific Vime words and phrases associated with that genre, for instance, FPS games have some words that Simulation games lack. In fact, even other gamers can get confused when they're talking about games that are of unfamiliar genres. However, there are still a large number of words and phrases that are fairly universal across the genres. Let's look at a few of the more common words and their meanings:

AFC : Away From Console.
AFK : Away From Keyboard. It's generally considered impolite to go AFK during a
game without notifying the others if it would affect the game; A Free Kill
(rarely)

Boot : To kick a player from a game or server. Usually the boot is by the game
creator,but other times it is group consensus. Sometimes referred to as kick.

Char : The character being played.

D/C : Disconnected from game.

ESRB: Entertainment Software Rating Board. This is the organization that rates the
video games before they hit the market.

Exp : Experience. Many games use experience as a means of determining the
relative power level of the character; the more experience, the more powerful the
character. Probably came from RPG games, but it is used across a broad spectrum
of gaming genres now.

G2G : "Got to go." Or "Good to go."

GG : Good Game.

GJ : Good Job

GL : Good Luck

GLHF: Good Luck Have Fun

Hack/Hax: To modify and use additions to a game illegally in order to cheat.

Hacker/Haxor/Hax0r: Someone who hacks a game. Can be used as either a derogatory term or as a type of praise.

HP : Hit points, the amount of life a character/player/enemy has. Not every game has HP, but many do.

Kick : see, boot.

Lame: Something considered idiotic or stupid. Generally a subjective term, but it is often used arbitrarily as an insult.

Lamer: An insult, calling someone lame.

Lobby: A room on a serve where you wait for a game to start.

LOL : Laugh Out Loud

Newbie/Newb/Nub: Someone new to a game.

Noob or N00b: A negative and derogatory way to call someone a newbie.

NP : No problem

NPC : Non-player character, controlled by the computer.

OMG: Oh my god!

PM : Private Message

Respawn: When your character appears when restarting after a death.

RL : Real Life

SP : Single Player

Sry : Sorry

TY : Thank you.

TTYL: Talk to You Later

VGG: Very Good Game

These are just some general words that are useful across most game genres. Some of these words are more common among certain types of games. Vime contains more specific words associated with each genre, but other sources will have to go into more specifics.

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