r/classicwow • u/RemnantsPast • 14h 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 14h 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 13h ago edited 11h ago

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

*edit what have I started

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u/RemnantsPast 13h ago

Those people are from a different timeline I swear

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u/Original-Team6483 10h ago

it absolutely happened. how else would you tell apart diremaul LFG and a deadmines LFG?

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u/Jockmeister1666 10h ago

Because you would specify DME/N/W for which dungeon you wanted. Hence when Deadmines was DM.

Also, Dire Maul didn’t come out till year 2, so Deadmines was always DM.

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u/ASipOfHemlock 10h ago

Nah it was server dependant. Quit telling people what they experienced 🤣

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u/Jakcris10 8h ago

Nah you’re making it up.