Powerlevel
verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 To play so as to advance levels in a game as quickly as possible. intransitive, slang
"Returning to the convention area later we find EQ and its players have reclaimed the PCs, presenting a row of T-shirt prints ranging from gangsta rap to Ghost In The Shell. Some play side by side, some frantically text distant servermates; others are powerlevelling with near-catatonic detachment."
- 2 To cause (a game character or another player) to advance levels in a game as quickly as possible. slang, transitive
"But they did all shell out big bucks to have simulated lives in place of actual lives. They just don’t want to do this in PUBLIC. Which is what an on-line game is. You can find plenty of geeks willing to justify publically^([sic]) powerlevelling an orc avatar, but how many will you find willing to admit that their virtual girlfriend is the closest they’ve ever been to the opposite sex?"
Example
More examples"Returning to the convention area later we find EQ and its players have reclaimed the PCs, presenting a row of T-shirt prints ranging from gangsta rap to Ghost In The Shell. Some play side by side, some frantically text distant servermates; others are powerlevelling with near-catatonic detachment."
Etymology
From power + level.
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