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heated gaming moment

heated gaming moment noun: an instance of a video gamer doing something offensive, such as saying a racial slur, in a moment of frustration or carelessness.

Noun

heated gaming moment (plural heated gaming moments)

  1. (humorous, slang) An instance of a video gamer doing something offensive, such as saying a racial slur, in a moment of frustration or carelessness.
    • Twitch has a strict Terms of Service that streamers must adhere to or they will face bans. Trihex, one of the more popular speedrunners on the platform, was banned for 30 days for saying the homophobic slur while in a particularly heated gaming moment.2019 February 14, Steven Asarch, “DeadMau5 Apologizes For Homophobic Slur After Twitch Ban”, in Newsweek
    • Later that year, after he used a different slur while livestreaming a game, the phrase "heated gaming moment" entered the lexicon as an excuse for using derogatory language while livestreaming video games.2021 March 9, Sopan Deb, Kevin Draper, “Meyers Leonard Will Be Away From Heat ‘Indefinitely’ After Use of Anti-Semitic Slur”, in New York Times

Forms of heated gaming moment

pluralheated gaming moments
alternative formheated gamer moment

Origin of heated gaming moment

Unintentionally coined by Ian Miles Cheong in a 2017 tweet defending YouTuber PewDiePie's use of the word nigger during a livestream of the video game PUBG: Battlegrounds, which asserted that he had merely done so in a "heated gaming moment".

Questions about heated gaming moment

What does heated gaming moment mean?
Heated gaming moment means an instance of a video gamer doing something offensive, such as saying a racial slur, in a moment of frustration or carelessness.
What part of speech is heated gaming moment?
Heated gaming moment is a noun.
What is the plural of heated gaming moment?
The plural of heated gaming moment is heated gaming moments.

Words near heated gaming moment in the dictionary

  1. heatbanks
  2. heate
  3. heated
  4. heated gamer moment
  5. heated gamer moments
  6. heated gaming moment
  7. heated gaming moments
  8. heated through
  9. heated tobacco
  10. heated up
  11. heatedly

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