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Aggro

An abbreviation of ‘aggravation’ or ‘aggression’. ‘Causing aggro’ in a video game means to attract hostile attention from NPCs to attack the player-character. ‘Managing aggro’ involves keeping aggressive NPCs from overwhelming the player or party. The term may be facetiously used in reference to irritated bystanders (‘wife aggro’, ‘mother aggro’, etc). Also see hate and rushdown.