Meanings
plural Diabloers
- A player of the Diablo series of action role-playing dungeon crawler video games.
I usually get best results in the morning, when all but the most insomniac American Diabloers are in bed. It also cuts down on the number of idiots frequenting the public games.
1998 September 7, Del Boy, “? on Optimizer”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Aug 20262 more examples
Who the hell made you the newsgroup police? People are always posting I76 stuff here. It -IS- an action game, is it not? Why don't you tell all the Quakers here to go to alt.quake newsgroup? Or the Diabloers....etc. Or better yet, find something better to do than play net cop.
1997 July 29, Mr. X, “Interstate 76 video lockup help!”, in alt.games.mechwarrior2 (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026i don't mean to pick on you too much, but i think this whole attitude against pk [player killing] by some Diabloers is just downright silly. everyone should respect everyone else's choices for play, and all should strive not to sabotage another's enjoyment of the game.
2005 January 31, paul, “Ethics of trading an eth bonesnap”, in alt.games.diablo2 (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026
Origin
- Spanishdiablo“devil”
- EnglishDiabloer
From Diablo + -er. The series was named after Mount Diablo, owing to Diablo’s creator, David Brevik, living near the base of it, itself named from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Brevi subsequently gave the same name to the series’ main antagonist, the Lord of Terror.
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Diabloer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Diabloer
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