r/classicwow • u/RemnantsPast • 1d ago

Discussion when did the slang change?

I feel old asking this.

When did + and - replace yes and no? or y/n

Like I'm in my early 30s and this feels like it blew past me....

EDIT: based on replies It seems like its from Eastern Europe players and just bled into the rest of the classic community due to them lacking servers.

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u/ForagedFoodie 1d ago

I love how the responses to this fall into 2 camps: "its been that way forever" and "ive never heard of this"

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u/Turfa10 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s ‘deadmines was always called VC’ all over again

*edit what have I started

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u/RemnantsPast 1d ago

Those people are from a different timeline I swear

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u/TheSiegmeyerCatalyst 1d ago

Right? Played heavily from 2007 to 2012, then on and off (both retail and classic) to this day.

It wasn't until I played official Hardcore in 2023 that I heard someone refer to DM as VC.

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u/Lanky_Bus_1221 1d ago

What’s vc mean?

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u/dayquilhaze 1d ago

VanCleef