camping noun in computer gaming, staying in one place in order to gain a strategic advantage (often in a way that is considered unfair)
I have noticed a lot of Camping going on recently, why do they do it?
[http://uk.gamespot.com 10 February 2013]
catfishing noun informal the practice of lying about yourself in an online environment in order to impress others, especially to lure someone into a relationship
Believe it or not, a little controlled catfishing is something that plenty of the Instant Message generation has experimented with, even if we’re unwilling to admit it. Really, who hasn’t tried to escape their reality by pretending to be a 17-year-old varsity baseball player in an N SYNC chat room every now and then?
[http://jezebel.com 30 January 2013]
farming noun in a computer game, carrying out repetitive actions in the same area, for example repeatedly attacking someone, in order to build up points
Game Front has also made clear that it believed the ‘farming’ of resources within Dead Space 3 should not be equated with in-game purchases.
[www.bbc.co.uk 07 February 2013]
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I assume “catfishing” comes from the fact that catfish, as bottom-feeders, often hide in clouds of muddy water, only occasionally revealing themselves. This behavior has led to the popular image of the catfish as a wily operator, a view especially popular in the American South, where the fish is common.
The popular image has not prevented catfish from being widely farmed in flooded fields and becoming an affordable staple of life in the US, especially in the south and in African-American communities.
Why “cat” fish? Since they live in waters with poor visibility, they have highly sensitive flaps of skin extending around their mouths called “barbles,” which look like a cat’s whiskers.
The reflectings…Must I say for that thing?’
Why English Language get have been changing around and around continously…?
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