What does the acronym DOW mean?

[Larsenex]

I see this and I do not know what it means.

 

[SuperJay]

Declaration of War.

 

[Mr Blue]

Declaration of war

Ahh SuperJay got it posted before me

 

[Supr49er]

Here is a list of the acronyms:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/acronyms.php

 

[Jerrymander]

It's used wrong though. People say 'the AI DOWed me', when they should say 'the AI gave me a DOW'. Kinda annoying.

 

[Snapp]

It's used wrong though. People say 'the AI DOWed me', when they should say 'the AI gave me a DOW'. Kinda annoying.

There is a similar phenomenon in WOW, people always say "Please PST Me" when PST = "Please Send Tell"

I guess people eventually interpret the acronym as having its own meaning and forget about the words that its supposed to represent.

 

[Jerrymander]

"UPC Code" "ATM Machine" etc

But here, DOW is a noun and is used as a verb. I always use wardec.

 

[El_Machinae]

At least it sounds good as a verb.

 

[theGoatRider]

So, what's the difference between "bulb" and "tech"? I think it means "bulb" is using a great scientist, but why is it called "bulb"?

 

[Centerfinger]

Here is a list of the acronyms:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/acronyms.php

Thank you for posting this. Half the time I have no idea what people are talking about.

 

[Supr49er]

Science was depicted as Light Bulbs in Civ IV. Once you had enough bulbs, you got a tech, but a Great Science gives you a tech at once.

 

[r_rolo1]

So, what's the difference between "bulb" and "tech"? I think it means "bulb" is using a great scientist, but why is it called "bulb"?

"to bulb" a tech is to get it through the use of a great person. The term comes from civ IV , where the UI symbol for that is a incandescent bulb.

 

[Supr49er]

Thank you for posting this. Half the time I have no idea what people are talking about.

You're welcome
It can be frustrating to see everyone using these and you don't know what they mean.

 

[stormerne]

Thank you for posting this. Half the time I have no idea what people are talking about.

That's OK. Neither do they.

 

[ssh08]

There is a similar phenomenon in WOW, people always say "Please PST Me" when PST = "Please Send Tell"

I guess people eventually interpret the acronym as having its own meaning and forget about the words that its supposed to represent.

thats what that means? i always thought it was a shorter word for whisper. like "i psted my friend to cut a gem for me" since whispering is usually represented in cartoons by "pstpstpst" and such

 

[WeaselSlapper]

Science was depicted as Light Bulbs in Civ IV. Once you had enough bulbs, you got a tech, but a Great Science gives you a tech at once.

Science was actually depicted as beakers in Civ IV as well, but when you popped a GP (great person) for a icon on that action was a light bulb, hence bulbing. Now the symbol is a beaker and I've seen some people call it beakering now, but most still call it bulbing.

 

[theGoatRider]

Science was actually depicted as beakers in Civ IV as well, but when you popped a GP (great person) for a icon on that action was a light bulb, hence bulbing. Now the symbol is a beaker and I've seen some people call it beakering now, but most still call it bulbing.

Ah that makes the most sense yet. It also explains why the beaker lights up yellow when you use a great person.

By the way, it looks more like an Erlenmeyer flask, not a Beaker to me.

 

[Skwink]

I used the acronym, DOW, in a project for American History once.

 

[Maniacal]

There is a similar phenomenon in WOW, people always say "Please PST Me" when PST = "Please Send Tell"

I guess people eventually interpret the acronym as having its own meaning and forget about the words that its supposed to represent.

Pretty much any semi-popular game gets a lot of acronyms built up by its player base, probably more so in multiplayer games where the names of weapons/spells/tools/attacks/enemies/etc get acronymed asap.

 

[Yzman]

DOW is Duke of Whales

The AI just Duke of Whales'd me!