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corpse camp

corpse camp verb: to wait by a player's corpse to target them when they respawn, or when, after respawning elsewhere, they return to reclaim their equipment back from their corpse.

Verb

corpse camp (third-person singular simple present corpse camps, present participle corpse camping, simple past and past participle corpse camped)

  1. (Internet) To wait by a player's corpse to target them when they respawn, or when, after respawning elsewhere, they return to reclaim their equipment back from their corpse.
    • You're only corpse camping if your^([sic]) standing there waiting to attack again when they come for what's left of their gear.1999 July 21, "malvolin", “Re: The Cry Babies of PvP Server”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)
    • The whole reason to "corpse camp" is to wait until the dead character comes back and loots his corpse, so you can kill him again and get another item off his body, right?2000 March 1, "D. J. McCarthy", “Re: GM Negligence on Karana!”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)

Forms of corpse camp

third-person singular presentcorpse camps
present participlecorpse camping
past participlecorpse camped
pastcorpse camped

Questions about corpse camp

What does corpse camp mean?
Corpse camp means to wait by a player's corpse to target them when they respawn, or when, after respawning elsewhere, they return to reclaim their equipment back from their corpse.
What part of speech is corpse camp?
Corpse camp is a verb.
What is the past tense of corpse camp?
The past tense of corpse camp is corpse camped.

Words near corpse camp in the dictionary

  1. corps de garde
  2. corps de logis
  3. corps-a-corps
  4. corps.
  5. corpse
  6. corpse camp
  7. corpse camped
  8. corpse camper
  9. corpse campers
  10. corpse camping
  11. corpse camps

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