gear whore

in mmorpgs, it is a person merely acts all buddy-like towards another to obtain their gear. not to be confused by noobs who beg for gear. a typical gear wh-r- will lure this particular person to give their gear for them to use. this requires the person, the gear wh-r-, to create a “friendship” to ensure their plan of obtaining gear is a success. when the particular person begins to trust them and hand the gear, the gear wh-r- will show off to other members how good they are… when the gear wh-r- in reality… never did anything legitimately to earn gear.
john: how did you get that gear?
john: i have not heard from you in days.
jane: i have new buddies.
john: no way. what did you do?
jane: i’m not telling you. i got this gear from the marketplace.
john: days ago, you were bashing about the guild and now you are buddies with them.

john: i smell a wh-r-. a gear wh-r-.
while a gear wh-r- can be described as someone who has the best, most expensive, coolest gear, and a d-mn lot of it; it is more commonly used to describe an individual who simply must have a sh-tload of gear, useful or not.

light & tight is how it should be done, guys.

the alice fighting load is good enough for most short-term outings. if you want something to last you upwards of 2-3 days, go for an existence load.
ssgt (name) is such a gear wh-r-. does he really need 85 pounds of sh-t for a 12 hour sar mission?

the next cadet i see with ranger beads, if he can’t start rattling off his count within 10 seconds, i’m gonna kick his -ss.
originated with fly fishermen who have to have every cool,expensive piece of gear there is. now broadly applies to anyone who has to have the all the cool, expensive gear -ssociated with their hobby of choice.
that guy with all the ski equipment is a real gear wh-r-.
derogatory term used by others to describe rivetheads; used by rivetheads to denote someone who is deep into the more experimental side of the scene. in which case, it’s a compliment.
“oh h-ll, that pack of gearwh-r-s just turned the dance floor into a moshpit”

“d-mn, that’s one k0re gearwh-r-.”