loot whore
- noun
- /luːt wɔːr/
- Offensive
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[término ofensivo para jugador que acapara botines]
- In the team raid, everyone else was strategizing while Jake was busy being a loot whore, grabbing all the treasure for himself.
Examples
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He always plays alone and focuses on collecting as much loot as possible; he acts like a loot whore in every game.
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All you have done here is prove to the world that those who play WoW are now "kids" and loot whores with no brains, as your lack of research in this post proved without a doubt.
Blog text (12) -
Most players appreciate teamwork, but some guys just become loot whores, prioritizing items over playing well with others.
Antonyms
How Greedy
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'loot' (game items) and the derogatory sense of 'whore' (someone who sells or betrays principles for gain) can infer that 'loot whore' labels a player who will do anything to get loot. The expression is slang and metaphorical (the '-whore' pattern is figurative and pejorative rather than literal), so the meaning is partially predictable but not fully transparent.
Etymology
The slang noun loot whore probably comes from joining loot, meaning game treasure, with whore, an insulting word for someone who will do anything for gain. The image is of a player grabbing all the treasure for themselves, so the term means 'a player who is obsessed with taking in-game loot even if it hurts the team'.