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carebear

noun

Etymology

From care + bear, referring to the Care Bears, a brand of cheerful bear figures on greeting cards.

  1. derived from *ǵʰwer-✻ — “wild animal”
  2. derived from *bʰerH-✻ — “shining, brown”
  3. inherited from *bʰerH-✻ — “brown”
  4. inherited from *berô✻
  5. inherited from *berō✻
  6. inherited from bera
  7. inherited from bere
  8. compounded as carebear — “care + bear”

Definitions

  1. A player who is against griefers

    A player who is against griefers; one who dislikes, or tries to prevent, trouble (often PvP related) in the game world.

    • Role-players, carebears and casual gamers belong here. They advance at their own pace, oblivious to the race going on around them.
    • If a guy turns out to be a griefer, he won't last... […] Personally, i'd^([sic]) be more than happy if the carebear fucks stayed the hell out of Neocron.
    • There are always going to be carebears who will scream at the slightest notion that they can't take their leisurely stroll through the game where nothing bad ever happens, but piss on 'em. :-)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for carebear. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA