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Definition of nerf
nerf
verb - transitive
- in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun.
In Blastem version 4, they really nerfed the EnemyToaster.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.
Last edited on Jan 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 04 2011.
- to render anything less powerful or useful.
- See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.
Last edited on Jan 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 04 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
Definitions include: to fail in a grand way. | |
Definitions include: "Internet BF", i.e. "Internet Boyfriend". | |
Definitions include: "what about you". | |
Definitions include: a videogame that requires mashing buttons to play, rather than finesse. | |
Definitions include: not ready for widespread use, viewing, distribution, consumption, etc. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "you know what I mean." | |
Definitions include: acronym for "Oh my Lady Gaga". | |
Definitions include: so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "don't give a fuck." | |
Definitions include: acronym for "end of file". | |
Definitions include: Acronym for "Internet GF", i.e. "Internet Girlfriend". | |
Definitions include: acronym for "Be right back", as in, "I will return soon." | |
Definitions include: "to be quite honest". | |
Definitions include: a geek. | |
Definitions include: of an ongoing task, performed slowly over time, when nothing is claiming one's immediate attention. | |
Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy': | |
Definitions include: to destroy. | |
Definitions include: high-grade marijuana. | |
Definitions include: a bug that makes hardware or software unusable. | |
Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.) | |
Definitions include: great. | |
Definitions include: ruined. | |
Definitions include: stiff, sore. | |
Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs. | |
Definitions include: to mess up. | |
Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
Definitions include: to cause a mechanism to stop functioning, or function more slowly. | |
Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
Definitions include: to wreck a vehicle such that repairs would cost more than the value of the (unwrecked) vehicle. | |
Definitions include: to break, to fail. | |
Definitions include: to break, to fail. | |
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Other terms relating to 'nerf': | |
Definitions include: to be weak, low-powered, soft, unthreatening comes from the company Nerf that makes soft foamy toys |
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