| Twisting: To rapidly change from one type of ability to another where the abilities overlap momentarily. In DAOC a bard sings a song that gives a buff. By rapidly changing the song several songs will overlap due to the duration of the songs continuing for a short period of time. |
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| UO: Abbreviation for Ultima Online. An online game. |
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| Uber: Slang form of super |
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| WB: "welcome back" |
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| Wipe: To "wipe" means for the entire group whether party or raid to all die. However, party or raid can only continue if there is a class that can resurrect oneself, thereby avoiding the time consumed from running back from the the graveyard and regrouping at the beginning of the instance. |
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| WOOT: Synonymous with "hooray" or "way to go". |
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| WoW: Abbreviation for World of Warcraft. An online game. |
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| WTB: "want to buy" |
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| WTS: "want to sell" |
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| XP: experience points |
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| Zerg: A combat strategy where a large group of players rush in at the target. Seen as a simple-minded strategy that requires no skill. |
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| Zone: In games where different areas of the world are parceled out for loading reasons, different areas are referred to as zones. |
