Timeline for What does "Aggro" mean?
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| Oct 27, 2016 at 7:54 | comment | added | flith | The term originates in the early '60s in the UK, with aggro occurring between the culturally and politically opposed social groups of the Mods and the Rockers. I understood it as short for aggravation, rather than aggression as most here suggest, although it seems that both are valid. Most likely it was adopted by the gaming community for precisely the same reason as it was originally coined - slang for being aggressive to your opponents. | |
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| Apr 16, 2014 at 7:02 | comment | added | scenia | @SevenSidedDie notice how he says it typically meant aggravated or upset. The word in gaming is also used as shothand for aggravated or aggravation. Of course, the specific relation to virtual enemies being aggravated originated in MMOs, but the term still meant "aggravation" long before that, so this meaning does indeed predate online gaming. I think the confusion here comes from the meaning of "originated". If a term is used in a new context and its meaning slightly adapts to that context, it's origin is still the context and meaning it originally had. It's not a new term. | |
| Oct 14, 2013 at 19:13 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @northirid Words can have multiple meanings. This meaning of the word originated in MMOs. Its MMO meaning may have been borrowed from other meanings, or it may be a case of parallel, independent coining. Can't know which without academic etymological research. Regardless, the meaning in the question is the one specific to videogames. | |
| May 10, 2013 at 8:59 | comment | added | Alex | You're all wrong, it's the name of your horse from Shadow of the Colossus ;) | |
| Mar 6, 2011 at 23:03 | vote | accept | tenfour | ||
| Mar 4, 2011 at 4:51 | comment | added | northirid | As I commented on the question itself, this is not a gaming term, originally. Mum has been using this since the 70's and hasn't played a video game in her life. I don't think it's etymology puts it in games at all to start with. FWIW, aggro typically meant aggravated or upset. We used to have a morning cartoon show, "Agro's Cartoon Connection" - Agro was supposed to be an AU equivalent to Oscar the Grouch. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 19:29 | comment | added | Satanicpuppy | @kip: Yep, it's all purpose (though I usually hear it as "pull" in the context you're talking about). | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 17:56 | comment | added | Kip | I've also heard it used as a verb, something like "Aggro one of the soldiers and then lead him back to your camp" | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 17:07 | history | edited | Satanicpuppy | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 3, 2011 at 15:34 | history | answered | Satanicpuppy | CC BY-SA 2.5 |