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lagfest

lagfest noun: something prone to lagging, or network delays.

Noun

lagfest (plural lagfests)

  1. (informal) Something prone to lagging, or network delays.
    • The only place I ever seriously lagged was at the blacksmith shop. Now all of Britain is a lagfest.1998 January 28, Spatch [username], “Re: *Please Read*”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games (Usenet)
    • Cities are lagfests if there are a lot of other players nearby.2009 July 27, cryptoguy [username], “Re: Intermittent FPS drops”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)

Forms of lagfest

plurallagfests

Origin of lagfest

From lag + -fest.

Questions about lagfest

What does lagfest mean?
Lagfest means something prone to lagging, or network delays.
What part of speech is lagfest?
Lagfest is a noun.
What is the plural of lagfest?
The plural of lagfest is lagfests.

Words near lagfest in the dictionary

  1. lagerstätte
  2. lagerstätten
  3. lagery
  4. lagetto
  5. Lagevrio
  6. lagfest
  7. lagfests
  8. lagg
  9. Laggan
  10. laggar
  11. laggard

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