aggro vs rough-and-tumble

aggro

adj
  • Hardcore, aggressive. 

  • Angry. 

  • Liable to attack without being attacked first (said of monsters). 

noun
  • A measure of how belligerent a player is – a high value may inspire either avoidance or preemptive hostile action from enemies. 

  • Aggravation; bother. 

  • Hostile attention from an enemy that should target players with better defenses. 

  • Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent. 

verb
  • To become aggressive towards the player's character. 

  • To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character. 

rough-and-tumble

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

How often have the words aggro and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )