IW

Definition

Short for Infinity Ward, the game development studio behind Call of Duty. Notably, they banned players from using 'IW' as a clan tag in their own games, leading tech-savvy gamers to hex edit their way around the restriction just to prove a point.

Example Usage

IW released another update that somehow made the servers worse than before.

Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=IW&defid=5901876)

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