perma

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

To permakill.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

My points were that a permanent death model was used on LegendMUD the predecesor to UO and it failed miserably. Promoted ongoing endless "hate" wars of permaing other peoples characters (perma'd character would make new one, build up, hunt down who perma'd him, that person would respond in same).

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “perma” mean?

To permakill.

Is “perma” formal or informal?

perma is generally slang.