SMOrc
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]SMOrc
- The name of a Twitch.tv emote.
- 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: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems:
- The use of SMOrc and similar emotes requires, and signifies, membership in the Twitch Hearthstone community.
Noun
[edit]SMOrc (uncountable)
- (Hearthstone) The strategy of aggressively attacking the opponent, especially while disregarding enemy minions.
- 2016 May 27, sempok, “A Study in Aggro Shaman – Legend Guide”, in The OP[1]:
- This deck is a far more SMOrc oriented and trades less frequently.
- 2018 June 27, Steven Asarch, “‘Hearthstone’ A Less Friendly Game of Chess Tavern Brawl Guide: Become Azeroth’s Grand Master”, in Newsweek[2]:
- 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.
Verb
[edit]SMOrc (third-person singular simple present SMOrcs, present participle SMOrcing, simple past and past participle SMOrced)
- (Hearthstone) To focus on aggressively attacking the opponent, especially while disregarding enemy minions.
- 2016 December 5, Dan Szymborski, “Mean Streets of Gadgetzan card reveal, part 4”, in ESPN.com[3]:
- 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.
- 2017 December 15, Will Bindloss, “Hearthstone Dungeon Run bosses ranked by their bullshit”, in PC Gamer[4]:
- 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".
- 2018 April 12, Steven Asarch, “‘Hearthstone’ Witchwood’ Best Decks: Day One Edition”, in Newsweek[5]:
- Will Face Hunter “Smorc” its way to the top, or will Elemental Shaman show everyone how awesome Battlecries are?