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You know them. And you may be using them. Or you fear them, and scorn their usage. However, one thing is for certain: Nobody is safe from them.

There are some very bad words out there, and they may be in your vocabulary. Below, you will find the worst-of-the-worst. There is no forgivable enemy on these pages. Make sure these words stay out of your vocabulary!

10) Twink

Anybody who plays an MMO unfortunately knows all about this term. It is used to describe somebody who outfits a new character with top-level items, whether it be through buying items, or transferring them from an old top-level character. Twink is also a word used by the homosexual community used to describe attractive young males in their 20's. (source) So, the next time you use the word "twink," remember what you are really calling that person, butt pirate.

9) Celda

When Wind Waker came out, Zelda fans were up in arms about the new cel-shaded style. Some people loved it, and many others hated it. Granted, I wasn't that big of a fan of Wind Waker myself, but the term "Celda" came about to insultingly describe Wind Waker's new graphical style. Of course, the people who were on the other side of the fence started using the term to praise the new cel-shading style, in order to "reclaim" the word, despite the facts that 1) they didn't own it in the first place and 2) whoever would want to own this word deserves to be shot. Apparently, nobody told everybody who created and fought over this word that portmanteaus are not clever, nor funny. Which brings me to the next word.

8) Wii-mote

I hate it for the same reason as "Celda." Actually, I hate it more because this one has been getting some major widespread use. I've seen it across hundreds of websites, as well as major magazines. I wish I could find the person who coined this term, tell him it wasn't clever, and proceed to deliver a swift kick to the balls.

7) Kiddie Games

I hate fanboys for two reasons. 1) They ignore great games for pointless brand loyalty and 2) they start popularizing stupid terms that don't even mean what they use them for. Back in the old days, kiddie games would mean things like Fisher Price Perfect Fit on the NES. Nowadays, kiddie games describe anything that doesn't have excessive amounts of blood and gore, sexual elements or urban slums, regardless of how complex (let alone, fun) the gameplay may be. To make things worse, "Kiddie Systems" has entered the pointless word arena to describe systems that play host to these "Kiddie Games," which almost always happens to be a Nintendo-made system. Now, I'm not defending Nintendo, as they have made just as many mistakes as their competitors (Fanboys: "Bad press" by Sony fanboys isn't the reason your system is in 3rd place) but you'd think that fanboys for the other systems would realize that there are actually legitimate faults with Nintendo's last two console efforts. Of course, you can't expect fanboys to think rationally, so I suppose that is to be expected.

6) Web 2.0

It's not that I hate this word as much as I hate the pompous assholes that throw this word around. You see, when 2004 rolled around, somebody decided that combining every tech buzzword in existence would somehow create a superior internet. So, the years went by, and the pompous assholes that would like to say they are in charge of how the internet gets developed started spouting off things like AJAX, blogs, XML, CSS and such. Rather than implement these things into their own websites, imaginary "standards committees" were formed to impose upon the internet how they feel a website should be designed and made, calling this venture "Web 2.0" in an effort to make it seem cool and exiting to the non-believers. The term has now flooded throughout the internet, with people labeling their sites as "Web 2.0" in order to make themselves feel that as long as they have the label, then they are invincible. What everybody fails to realize that "Web 2.0" doesn't exist yet, because it is all still on the same World Wide Web.

5) Wi-Fi

I love it when some asshole can invent a stupid word, and it becomes popular because people don't understand the language they speak. That is exactly the case with Wi-Fi. Apparently, somebody decided that in order to promote the new 802.11b wireless standard, they'd spoof "Hi-Fi," only replace Hi with Wi. Get it? Wi is for wireless! How clever! Or not, because they've stolen their term from something completely different. The "fidelity" in Hi-Fi and Lo-Fi stands for how accurate a copy is to its source. (Definition of Fidelity) While some people have attempted to defend the term, stating it means it "wirelessly connects to the source," they are simply twisting the definition of fidelity, and simply not answering how accurate it is. Confused? Good. Now quit using it.

I think the worst part about the term "Wi-Fi" is it is regarded as a real word, despite the fact it isn't. Now we have all sorts of computer and gaming hardware companies advertising about it. Worse yet, Nintendo has wholeheartedly endorsed this travesty of a 'word' by naming their online service the "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection." Man, if I had a dime for every time a major company adopted a retarded term and promoted the shit out of it...>

4) 1337-5p34k

It wouldn't be a list of shitty words if I didn't mention the abomination known as "leet-speak." The main medium of communication on the internet is text, whether it be reading a website to IM conversations. So, many years ago, some genius thought it was clever to start replacing letters in words with numbers and symbols. Seriously, what the fuck? Last thing I want to do while trying to read something is decipher it like it's written in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. If it wasn't bad enough for one pretentious asshole to start doing this, apparently, half the internet thinks it is cool to write like a dumbass. Now, thanks to these people, we get to deal with words like "n00b," "h4XX0r" and "pwn4g3." Worse yet, Google (which besides being a great search engine, has also been the object of worship for nerds worldwide) has hopped aboard the bandwagon, offering to translate their home page into full leet-speak.

Fun fact: While these people tend to use the term leet, or "1337" to describe something elite (or really, really cool) it really means "I'm a dumbass who doesn't know how to write in English. Please kill me."

3) BOOM, HEADSHOT!

Every time I hear somebody shout this into their mic while playing an online shooter, I cringe because of how lame and annoying it is. While Pure Pwnage is the source of this, we can all thank the same kids that screamed "I'M RICK JAMES, BITCH!" as loud as they could in public places. Thanks to them, people across the globe assumed it was socially acceptable to act like an asshole in public places, including geeks who would celebrate their geekdom by shouting "BOOM, HEADSHOT!" wherever they went. However, it's worse in online games, namely shooters, where every time somebody snipes someone, there's always some asshole who screams it into their mic for everybody to hear. Great job, you shot somebody in a first-person shooter. Sorry, I wasn't aware that shooting people was a rare and hard to achieve accomplishment. How about next you shoot yourself?

2) Gaymer

Why the hell the homosexual community has to go out of their way with terms like this is beyond me. Maybe it is because it is their sole duty to impose their will on the rest of the gaming community. Say "gamer" aloud. Now say "gaymer" aloud. Notice the difference in pronunciation? Yeah, neither do I. It almost makes one feel that they attempt to make it seem that people who play video games are gay by default. Thank the Lord that this term hasn't come into wide acceptance, yet. Notice how straight gamers haven't invented a term for this? It's because we know how fucking retarded bringing politics and sexuality into the gaming world is. Every time I pop in a video game, I don't need these people shouting at me how I'm a homophobic monster because I don't agree with the way they live. Video games are supposed to be untarnished by issues that plague the real world. I don't care if you're a minority, and I don't care if your minority has been stereotyped and made fun of; keep your agenda of advancement away from the pure world of video games.

1) Ninty

Every time I hear this word, I want to punch children, because that's who invented it. Evidently, some kids thought they would be clever to nickname Nintendo "Ninty" despite the fact their nickname is already the Big N. But lets forget about the Big N and focus on why "Ninty" pisses me off so much: It was created by somebody who has no respect at whatever corner of the internet he frequents, and needs to invent words to bolster his ego enough that he doesn't have to cry himself to sleep every night. Immediately after its creation, it has spread like wildfire throughout the Nintendo fansite community (a part of the internet I do my best to stay away from) which aside from a few very respectable sites, is run by 14 year olds whose sole duty it is to spread around useless terms like "Ninty" because it's apparently the nickname all the cool cats use. Every time I see this word in action, I can tell that the user goes out of his way to try and cram the word in the sentence, with full capitalization and everything in an attempt to pass this poor excuse of a nickname off as something professional. Maybe somebody should point out to them that it just makes them look stupid.

I think the worst occurrence that I heard this name was the Zelda Roundtable hosted by The Hylia a few months back, and somebody thought it was cool to repeatedly use the term Ninty. Seriously: You're engaging in what's supposed to be a professional gathering by various site owners, and you have to go fuck up everyone's logs just so you can show off to everybody that you are apparently cool because you're the only one using that word. Maybe you should have taken a good long time to think about why nobody else was saying it.

Hope you had a good read. Remember this information from now on, as if you ever meet somebody using these words, you have my permission to punch them in the face.

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