Gankar

IPA: ˈgæ̃ŋˌkɑr

n. (pl. Gankars)

An ultimatum that if you are not the first to receive gear, you will have to pull a Maza and the guild will be left without your invaluable DPS and skills.

Latin (Cancare, meaning "to be deluded") > Spanish (Gancar) > English (c. 1850 with the sense of "a deluded statement")

Chaud: He's offered us a Gankar - either we give him all the loot, or he leaves.
Qtpie: Oh no! What will we do?

Tic-move

IPA: tʰɪk mu:v

n. (plural: tic moves)

1. Conduct characteristic of an explosive druid who removes world buffs from fellow raiders after downing the boss.

Fignuts: Today in raid some idiot druid got the Vael bomb and blew us all up.
Jk: Wow, what a Tic-move!

To Pull an Elerin

IPA: ˈpʊl ə̃n ˈɛlɚɹɪ̃n

v., Idiomatic

To tell an outlandish lie with such conviction that others actually believe it.

Originates from the Zimbabwe dialect of Shona (irini, meaning "troll") > Arabic (al jaarin) > English

Elerin: @everyone Azuregos is up.
Everyone: *drop everything and log on*
Azuregos: *not up*
Everyone: God dammit, we should have known Elerin was going to pull an Elerin!

To Pull a Spifty

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈspɪfˌɾi

v., Idiomatic

To accept an Onyxia Hide Backpack without saying anything, even though you already have one and there are mains in the raid who do not.

Origin of the term is uncertain, but some scholars believe it comes from Old Frisian (c.f. German "Ein Spifty pullen"; Dutch "een Spifty puljen"). Many believe the legendary character Spifty not to have been the first to do this.

Iron: If you already have a bag, tell us so we don't give you another one. We don't want anyone to pull a Spifty again.

To Pull a Sniper

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈsnɑ͜ɪˌpɚ

v., Idiomatic

To "accidentally" (read: purposely) pull mobs in MC, including Ragnaros, resulting in the wipe of the entire raid.

Iron: I can't deal with this shit. If someone is going to pull a Sniper everytime we run MC, I'm just going to have to commit sudoku.

To Pull a Maza

/gquit

Iron: Hey Maza, have some loot!
Maza: /gquit
Everyone: Who would have thought Maza was going to pull a Maza? /shockedpikachuface

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To Pull a Bobbi

IPA: ˈpʊl ə ˈbɔ ˌbi

v., Idiomatic

1. To complain about not getting loot, even though you never asked for loot, and to expect others to ask on your behalf

2. To refuse to bring the necessary pots to raid and then be surprised when you do not make core

3. Chiefly British To /gquit so hard that you switch to another server

First recorded in 1647 by Milton:

"Stand not amazed: the prince will doom thee death if thou art taken: hence, be gone, away! Make haste to pull a Bobbi, and leave this place anon!"