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gamejack

gamejack verb: to create third-party material that disruptively presents itself as being part of an ARG.

Verb

gamejack (third-person singular simple present gamejacks, present participle gamejacking, simple past and past participle gamejacked)

  1. (alternate reality game fandom slang) To create third-party material that disruptively presents itself as being part of an ARG.

Forms of gamejack

third-person singular presentgamejacks
present participlegamejacking
past participlegamejacked
pastgamejacked

Origin of gamejack

Blend of game + hijack.

Questions about gamejack

What does gamejack mean?
Gamejack means to create third-party material that disruptively presents itself as being part of an ARG.
What part of speech is gamejack?
Gamejack is a verb.
What is the past tense of gamejack?
The past tense of gamejack is gamejacked.

Words near gamejack in the dictionary

  1. gamefowls
  2. gameful
  3. gamefuls
  4. gamegoer
  5. gamegoers
  6. gamejack
  7. gamejacked
  8. gamejacker
  9. gamejackers
  10. gamejacking
  11. gamejacks

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