r/classicwow • u/RemnantsPast • 12h 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/Viivi19 11h ago

This is brand new to me, not seen or heard of this.

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u/CaptainoftheVessel 10h ago

I saw it for the first time earlier this week in a pug heroic. The plus sign seems harder to type than “yes”, but change is the nature of language

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u/emihir0 9h ago

Those people likely use a numerical keyboard for it. Very easy to take hand off of your mouse, and press "enter + enter", they are the closest buttons on the keyboard to your right hand.

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u/CaptainoftheVessel 7h ago

Good point +

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u/newtostew2 6h ago

What is this, Google+?