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SMOrc

/ɛs ɛm ɔɹk/

SMOrc proper noun: the name of a Twitch.tv emote.

Proper noun

SMOrc

  1. The name of a Twitch.tv emote.
    • The use of SMOrc and similar emotes requires, and signifies, membership in the Twitch Hearthstone community.2017, Colin Ford, Dan Gardner, Leah Elaine Horgan, Calvin Liu, a. m. tsaasan, Bonnie Nardi, Jordan Rickman, “Chat Speed OP PogChamp: Practices of Coherence in Massive Twitch Chat”, in CHI'17...

Noun

IPA/smɔɹk/

SMOrc (uncountable)

  1. (Hearthstone) The strategy of aggressively attacking the opponent, especially while disregarding enemy minions.
    • This deck is a far more SMOrc oriented and trades less frequently.2016 May 27, sempok, “A Study in Aggro Shaman – Legend Guide”, in The OP
    • What classes and decks have you enjoyed playing with in “A Less Friendly Game of Chess”? Tell us, as long as it’s not Face Hunter. Nobody likes SMORC in Tavern Brawls.2018 June 27, Steven Asarch, “‘Hearthstone’ A Less Friendly Game of Chess Tavern Brawl Guide: Become Azeroth’s Grand Master”, in Newsweek

Verb

IPA/smɔɹk/

SMOrc (third-person singular simple present SMOrcs, present participle SMOrcing, simple past and past participle SMOrced)

  1. (Hearthstone) To focus on aggressively attacking the opponent, especially while disregarding enemy minions.
    • It's only a single point off vanilla five-mana stats (11 points) and here you want it to be heavier in health so that you can clear the board and smOrc in the same turn.2016 December 5, Dan Szymborski, “Mean Streets of Gadgetzan card reveal, part 4”, in ESPN.com
    • George was also nice enough to give me some tips for how to beat this boss, saying "You can fatigue him with control, or SMOrc".2017 December 15, Will Bindloss, “Hearthstone Dungeon Run bosses ranked by their bullshit”, in PC Gamer

Forms of SMOrc

Proper noun
alternative formsmorc
alternative formSmorc
alternative formsmOrc
alternative formSMORC
Verb
third-person singular presentSMOrcs
present participleSMOrcing
past participleSMOrced
pastSMOrced

Origin of SMOrc

Abbreviation of Space Marine (name of a 2011 video game) + orc. Popularized by the 2015 YouTube video "SMOrc SONG - Face Never Trade" by DJ KARL THE DOG.

Words formed from SMOrc

Questions about SMOrc

What does SMOrc mean?
SMOrc means the name of a Twitch.tv emote.
What part of speech is SMOrc?
SMOrc can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce SMOrc?
SMOrc is pronounced /ɛs ɛm ɔɹk/.

Words near SMOrc in the dictionary

  1. smoove
  2. smoover
  3. smoovest
  4. SMOP
  5. SMOPs
  6. SMOrc
  7. smore
  8. smored
  9. smores
  10. smorgasbord
  11. smorgasbords

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: SMOrc (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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