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C9

C9 verb: to lose a winnable game by forgetting about the objective or getting distracted from it.

Verb

C9 (third-person singular simple present C9s or C9's, present participle C9ing or C9'ing, simple past and past participle C9d or C9ed or C9'd or C9'ed)

  1. To lose a winnable game by forgetting about the objective or getting distracted from it.

Noun

C9 (plural C9s or C9's)

  1. An instance of such a loss.

Forms of C9

Verb
third-person singular presentC9s
third-person singular presentC9's
present participleC9ing
present participleC9'ing
past participleC9d
pastC9d
past participleC9ed
pastC9ed
past participleC9'd
pastC9'd
past participleC9'ed
pastC9'ed
Noun
pluralC9s
pluralC9's

Origin of C9

From the esports company Cloud9, as its Overwatch division lost two games in a row in season 2 of the tournament Overwatch Apex by forgetting about the objective.

Questions about C9

What does C9 mean?
C9 means to lose a winnable game by forgetting about the objective or getting distracted from it.
What part of speech is C9?
C9 can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of C9?
The past tense of C9 is C9d.

Words near C9 in the dictionary

  1. c4s
  2. C5
  3. C64
  4. C64s
  5. C86
  6. C9
  7. C9'd
  8. C9'ed
  9. C9'ing
  10. C9's
  11. C9d

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