In everyday life, each of us constantly has to deal with jargon and slang expressions. The Russian language has recently borrowed a lot of terms from English, slang Englishism is especially strong in computer technology and among gamers. Many slang words appear in speech so quickly that many do not have time to understand their meaning. There is a very interesting word "tim", which is often found on the expanses of game chats or on gaming forums. The article will discuss the concept of "tim." What it is? What does it mean? Where was it borrowed from?
Definition of a concept
“Tim” is Englishism, that is, it came from the English word, which is translated into Russian as “team”, “close-knit group”. In our language, this expression has acquired a narrower meaning - "a united team." “Tim” is typical jargon, such a word does not officially exist, it is not the norm of a literary language. It is used by gamers in chat rooms and forums, as well as in colloquial speech.
The meaning of the concept for gamers
So, what is a gamer's Tim? What does it matter?
People in many online games try to rally in teams, unite, get stuck in “flocks”, and then defeating the enemy is much easier. And if you read the correspondence of the players on the forum, then they mean exactly this meaning of the concept.
Tim is a team, a group that a gamer plays for. For example, in correspondence you can find the expression: "tim crayfish", which means a team or group whose characters play very poorly.
In some situations, tim has the meaning of “a collective of united like-minded people” or “a collective of conspirators”. The players of Dota-2 have the common expression “dreamtim”, which means “a team of losers”, that is, the concept is used in a slightly ironic sense.
It doesn’t matter in which game the team is used, the meaning is the same - this is the team to which the player belongs.
Some gamers believe that team Timing is when some noobs (losers who can’t play) are grouped together so that it’s not so scary.
The meaning of the concept in socionics
But the concept is also used in socionics. What is tim in socionic concept? What is the meaning of the concept?
Tim is the essence of the information exchange between a person and the environment, this is how and what kind of information a person gives out to the world or perceives himself.
This concept was invented in socionics - it is a concept of personality types and the relationships that arise between them. Augustinavichute Aushra was the founder of this theory in 1970, and it was based on Jung’s typology and A. Kempinsky’s theory. According to this theory, there are 16 socionic personality types in the world, depending on the world’s perception and attitude to it, as well as on reaction to reality .
But it should be noted that socionics still does not have a universally recognized scientific status.
Fundamentals of Tim in Socionics
So what is tim in socionics?
In the world, all people are divided into 16 tims. It is believed that this is the basis of the human psyche, it was laid from birth, and it is on it that education, behavior models, and experience are superimposed. Until the age of 21, there is a constant filling of tim.
The psychotype, or tim, determines the methods of obtaining information, especially the interaction of a person with the world and with people, determines the weaknesses and strengths of a person.
The representative of each individual psychotype has its own strengths and weaknesses, behavioral features, ways of thinking, own values. Of course, a person’s character depends on upbringing, education, environment, and many other factors. But there are also features of the structure of our psyche that are inherent in nature. The same psychotypes include people from completely different walks of life: politicians, street children, scientists, housewives. They are all united by similar reactions to any life situations, close views on life, society, the world and people.
According to socionics, a person’s tim does not change throughout life, but the information content of a person changes over the years.
Why do you need to know your teammate?
You need to know your psychotype in order to have an idea of ​​your weaknesses and strengths in the structure of the psyche. Using its strong functions, you can avoid depression and overload. Knowing your psychotype, you can find a person with a suitable tim for friendship, family relationships. It should also be noted that inter-sexual relations are divided, according to the theory of socionics, into bad, normal and good. All relations in society are the background against which communication between people takes place. We don’t even think about the fact that we know how to feel it, everyone in our life had a situation where we seem to see a person for the first time, but inside we feel that we do not like him.
The Internet has a lot of information on this topic, in the world there are a huge number of schools that study this topic, but many of them are completely unfriendly and sometimes even openly at odds with each other.