What is Broken?
1.
1. (General) Something/Someone that is so good in a particular context that it eclipses saecond place.
2. (Games) A game object or facility that is too good to exist. It is so powerful that it is unbalancing and hence breaks the game. Every winning player has to use this to be competitive.
Entymology: The power cards from Magic The Gathering (Black Lotus, Time Walk, Ancestral Recall, all Moxen, etc) were so powerful and unbalancing that they were eventually banned from tournament play because they BROKE the game.
Bobby Fisher is a completely broken chess player.
2.
1. unable to function
2. shattered into pieces
3. unauthorized entrance
4. a word that has become a cliche in music
1. viagra, a cure for the broken
2. Emoboy: my life is broken!! (after chipping his nail)
3. poll:would you rather have your house broken into than watch another nick & jessica prime time special?!
results: getting broken into wins hands down
4.a:can you help me find the song with the word broken, it sounds pretty good?
b:uh...which of the 9.9x10^99999999 songs are u talking about
<a closer look at mxtabs/google reveals the severe contamination of broken in songs/lyrics>
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3.
Originally used in card games to designate a card or mechanic which is overly powerful. May also be used to describe something as "too good"
That Academy combo is fucking broken.
That is just plain broken dude.
4.
In fighting games: Characters that are unbalanced to the point where anyone lower becomes unusuable.
Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Magneto, Storm, Sentinel, Cable aka the 4 Gods.
5.
when a person is so lost and depressed they can no longer function in society properly.
i got dumped by another guy. i'm so broken
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6.
1. Not in full working order.
2.
3. Mentally unfit - Usually from emotional scars left by ex's.
1. It seems to be broken.
2. Its fucking broken man!
3. She's broken.
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7.
Term used in Card Games that signifies an extremely good card.
That card is broken, everyone better be using it.
