Meaning of word 'scrub'
What does the word 'scrub' mean?
I have seen friends use it in chat and people use it in public games, but I am still confused about the meaning of it, and the uses.
Best Answer
A scrub has two main traits:
- They aren't very good at the game (Or, at least, no better than mid-level)
- They think you're playing it wrong, and are annoyingly vocal about it
Playing the game wrong is whatever the scrub doesn't like: abusing bugs, playing with overpowered characters/races/traits/strategies, not being "fair", or whatever. In real-time strategy games, he insists on No Rush and ragequits if you rush him. In first-person shooter games, he is adamant that sniping is wrongbadfun. It's one thing to say "hey guys, this game is more fun if we leave off the cheesy strategies," but the scrub mandates that all games must use His Chosen Rules Of Fairness, regardless of whether he's playing with his friends at home or a random pick-up game on the 'net.
Of course, since this is an insult, the term "scrub" isn't used with the greatest precision. There's some overlap with "noob", since some noobs complain about cheesiness when they lose.
He occasionally overlaps with Stop Having Fun Guy, who demands that all games are Serious Business, and thus Fun is not the goal.
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What is the full meaning of scrub?
verb scrubs, scrubbing or scrubbed. to rub (a surface) hard, with or as if with a brush, soap, and water, in order to clean it. to remove (dirt), esp by rubbing with a brush and water. (intr foll by up) (of a surgeon) to wash the hands and arms thoroughly before operating.What is scrub and example?
Scrub is defined as to clean by rubbing hard. An example of to scrub is to rub a bathroom with a sponge and cleansing liquid really hard to get it clean. verb. The definition of a scrub is any person, animal or thing that is smaller in size, or the act of rubbing something really hard to clean it.What is a female scrub?
noun, plural scrub\xb7wom\xb7en. a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.What is the synonym of scrub?
scour, rub, brush, sponge, swab, clean, cleanse, wash, wipe. 2'you could only save that much by scrubbing the Navy' abolish, scrap, throw out, abandon, drop, do away with, give up, discontinue, take away, stop, put an end to, cancel, call off, eliminate, cut, jettison, discard, forget, forget about, abort.Meaning of the Word
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Answer 2
A scrub is a player who has played a game "a lot" but does not improve. Usually because he
- does not take the game seriously (even though he invests a lot of time in it)
- does not want to learn the basics
- repeats the same mistakes over and over again
A good example for a scrub back in the days was a Warcraft 3 player that only played "Custom Games". Technically he is not a noob, but he is worse than average considering the time he invested in the game.
While Merujsx points out the negative meaning of the word there is no better word to explain the situation of a player that "plays a lot but does not get better at a game". Then again it does not benefit anyone to point this out in front of everybody.
Answer 3
A scrub is a now generalized term used as a synonym for a "noob" or "newb," which is someone who is bad at a video game or activity in general. - Urban Dictionary
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