horse armor

English

Etymology

In reference to Bethesda Game Studios' 2006 RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which notoriously offered horse armor as a paid piece of DLC.

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Noun

horse armor (plural horse armors)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see horse,‎ armor.; armor worn by a horse.
  2. (idiomatic, humorous, chiefly derogatory, gaming, Internet slang) A piece of downloadable content or microtransaction for a video game, especially one purely cosmetic and considered being of bad value.
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