ragequit meaning (slang): definition, etymology and quotations

ragequit

noun

/ˈɹeɪd͡ʒˌkwɪt/

Etymology From rage + quit.

Video games Slang The act of quitting an online video game in anger.

Hardison: I don't know what happened. I had 'em and then I just— Nate: Didn't anticipate the ragequit. Hardison: You know gamer terminology? Nate: I know the key to a good game is balancing boredom and frustration. Now the game — the puzzle's too easy, then the mark — the player — gets bored and walks away. The puzzle's too hard, then the player gets frustrated, and quits in a rage: ragequit.2012 January 1, “The Gold Job”, in Leverage, season 4, episode 16 (Television), spoken by Alec Hardison and Nate Ford (Aldis Hodge and Timothy Hutton):

verb

Etymology From rage + quit.

Video games Slang To quit an online video game in anger.

Having had my share of ragequitting teammates and unfinished campaigns -- I still haven't completed a L4D2 campaign on Expert -- I'll take a positive outlook and say that the complaints about difficulty amount to a longer and taller learning curve, that will give this game a longer lifespan than the first.2009 November 28, rms, “What have you been playing... IN NOVEMBER 2009?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet), message-ID <herjp3$ucc$1@news.eternal-september.org>:
Cheap insta-kill attacks have made me ragequit at least twice.2010 February 8, Chris Whitworth, “Pow, Wallop & Bam”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet), message-ID <slrnhn0725.gik.usenet.chris@parm.vs.topper.me.uk>:

Broadly, Slang To quit (something) in anger.