In MMPORGs like
MUDs, it refers to the tactic of an administrator to make something desirable or useful less so. While usually done with the noble intent to
equalize an unbalancing element, it invariably evokes cries of anger and bitterness from the playerbase. Thus, it used as a term of derision.
The opposite of "
wimping" is "buffing."
The admins replaced the Petrification spell on the Almighty Staff of Instant
Stoning and replaced it with a Continual Light spell. Why are they always
wimping the good stuff?