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Vocab word for "filler" items? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by GrappleHat@lemmy.ml to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml

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In many games there are a lot of stupid filler items that you don't know what they do and they don't matter. (i.e. crafting ingredients). They are so ubiquitous across games that there ought to be a word for them. Sort of like a "MacGuffin" (except a MacGuffin moves the plot along, and these filler items don't).

Is there a name for these filler items? If not, got any ideas?

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[–] crypticthree@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Junk

[–] bear_delune@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago

Vendor Trash

[–] justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always called it "clutter" tho I don't know whether this is in any way official. De-cluttering an inventory means tossing the useless stuff out or packing it away.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tchotchkes?

[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

"Tchotchkes: A knickknack or trinket; a decorative item or souvenir of little value." <-- This isn't bad

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

guff.

Guffipedia was a gold mine.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Vendor trash

[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

"Mathom" - A trinket or piece of bric-a-brac; a knick-knack, often used in regifting. Term coined by J.R.R. Tolkien

[–] GombeenSysadmin@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

One more word to add to the collection: cruft. Stuff that just builds up without you really noticing, mostly because it’s easier to collect everything than to filter it out of the good stuff.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Clutter, misc, trashure, junk, scrap.

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.run 3 points 2 years ago

Shop Fodder. Warning for TVTropes link.

[–] Durandal@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago

Dungeon Lint

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Bad game design?