Question
I have often heard people throw around the compliment 'Gosu'. What does this mean and where did it come from?
Example in context: I can't believe that player beat Aardvark, he's so gosu!
Answer
Gosu (고수 also coriander) is a computer gaming term usually used to refer to a person highly skilled in multiplayer games like StarCraft, Warcraft III (RTS/RPG - DotA), Diablo II (RPG), Counter-Strike (FPS) and others. It has a Korean origin and the term was widely adopted by gaming communities
In Korean, Go su (hangul: 고수, hanja: 高手, literally "high hand" in Mandarin) is used for a person with skill, usually in martial arts or in baduk (the game of Go). In the dialect of the Gyeongnam province, gosu also has the meaning of "leader". There are several English backronyms of the Korean word, mostly originating in the StarCraft community, including "Graduate of StarCraft University", "God Of StarCraft Universe" or "God of StarCraft Units".
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosu
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