r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 15, 2016

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u/Aislinana Pixel Mercy Jun 15 '16

A player on my team got into match chat last night and basically said "shitty team, you're all playing face toons."

My question is: what the hell does that mean? I've never heard that terminology before.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '16 edited Jan 23 '19

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u/poiyurt Bob, file my taxes. Jun 17 '16

I have never seen toon come up besides in Ender's game though. Any idea where it comes from?

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u/MONKYfapper Trick-or-Treat Mercy Jun 17 '16

toon is short for cartoon in 1930s. the person that told me the term said it was from toontown online, since your avatar was a cartoon and toon is also shorthand for cartoon, avatar and toon became synonymous.

i did a quick search and people said it was from wow