Video Games

9 Gaming terms

This glossary lists several words of vocabulary about video games and gamers. It talks about people addicted to video games and the problems of this online entertainment. It aims to help me to learn more vocabulary and to better understand in French the words, verbs and expressions from English. My teacher of improvement lessons asks the class to create this type of glossary and to add new words of vocabulary each week.

a backlash to sth
noun
a strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a change/recent event in the society/politics
Example: JFK Reloaded provoked a backlash before anyone ever played it.
en: une réaction violente, réponse négative à qqch
despicable
adjective
morally reprehensible
Example: People say this game is despicable, they don't add further comment.
en: méprisable, ignoble, abject(e)
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loathsome
adjective
highly offensive, arousing aversion/disgust
Example: The game seems like a loathsome piece of opportunism.
en: dégoûtant(e), répugnant(e), détestable
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the cross hairs
noun
they help to aim a gun accurately
Example: He sees his target in the cross hairs.
en: la mire
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to buttress sb/sth
verb
to make sb/sth stronger by supporting them in some way
Example: JFK Reloaded buttressed the Warren Commission's conclusion.
en: soutenir, étayer qq/qqch
to careen
verb
to move forward quickly and suddenly, going from side to side in an uncontrolled way
Example: A bullet careens forward, smashing the glass of the limo.
en: foncer, se précipiter, osciller, tanguer
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to debunk sth
verb
to prove that sth such as an idea/a belief is false and silly
Example: The goal of JFK Reloaded is to debunk assassination conspiracy theories about JF Kennedy.
en: discréditer, briser qqch
to embed sth in/into sth
verb
to fix sth firmly into a substance
Example: A bullet embed itself in the metal.
en: enfoncer, implanter, incruster, encastrer, sceller qqch dans/en/de qqch
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to peer sth
verb
to look very carefully, especially because sth is difficult to see
Example: He puts his finger on the trigger and peers down his rifle's telescope.
en: regarder qqch
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