Weird gaming linguistics question:

Is there any jargon term for "the points effectively wasted when a bar/stat is refilled past its maximum?"

E.g., you have 45/50 HP and heal for 15. You are at 50/50 HP, gaining 5, and 10 points of heal effectively fizzle. You got 10 points of __________.

If there's no existing term, I'd probably go with "overheal" in that context, but what do gamers actually SAY, if anything?

@zebratron2084 I heard Overheal used back in the WoW days, so that's probably the thing that's used. Or at least was four or five years back.

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