nerd pole

noun

Any tall, thin structure, usually only a few blocks wide, built in a voxel-based video game, especially one constructed by jumping and placing blocks beneath one's avatar.

“Quick! Don't bother with ladders; just nerd pole up to me!”

Meanings

nounnerd pole (plural nerd poles)

plural nerd poles

  1. slangvideo gamesAny tall, thin structure, usually only a few blocks wide, built in a voxel-based video game, especially one constructed by jumping and placing blocks beneath one's avatar.

    That guy is such a noob! Why would he use a nerd pole to get up there? Doesn't he know how to use ladders?

verbnerd pole (third-person singular simple present nerd poles, present participle nerd poling, simple past and past participle nerd poled)

present singular third person nerd poles · participle present nerd poling · participle past nerd poled · past nerd poled

  1. intransitiveslangvideo gamesTo build a nerd pole, especially for the purpose of getting to higher ground.

    Quick! Don't bother with ladders; just nerd pole up to me!

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APA

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Chicago

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