gosu
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Korean 고수(高手) (gosu), literally "high hand". In English, the term is often used as an adjective in contrast to the original use as a noun.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgosu (plural gosus) (video games)
- (rare) A person of great skill; master; expert.
- 2000 March 12, Yasser Jadidi, “Win money with SC, someone does”, in alt.games.starcraft[1] (Usenet):
- of course it is possible to become that good, but have u ever played a gosu? thats really krass. i would not say he is the best. there r many as good as him and it will become more n more difficult to become a good starcraft player.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Adjective
editgosu (video games)
- (rare) Exceptional in skill; elite.
- 2002 April 17, Majin Kai, “Is there any way to get past the 200 units limit?”, in alt.games.starcraft[10] (Usenet):
- Alternatively you can hold down F4 for the entire game with your vestigial human tailbone and the same thing will occur. This is much harder to do because the vestigial human tailbone isn't very long and humans haven't needed it in, oh, seven million years. The most gosu players can do this while playing a 1v7c game, having cybersex with six girls on AIM, *and* getting it on with their two girlfriends in realtime while playing pingpong against the entire Chinese pingpong team.
Usage notes
edit- Mainly used among players of the video game StarCraft.
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editNorwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editgòsu f (definite singular gòso, indefinite plural gòsur, definite plural gòsune)
Pali
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