English

Alternative forms

• rage quit

Verb

ragequit ‎(third-person singular simple present ragequits, present participle ragequitting, simple past and past participle ragequitted)

1. (intransitive, slang, video games) To quit an online video game in anger.
   • 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>:

     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.

   • 2010 February 8, Whitworth, Chris, “Pow, Wallop & Bam”, in uk.games.video.misc, Usenet, message-ID <slrnhn0725.gik.usenet.chris@parm.vs.topper.me.uk>:

     Cheap insta-kill attacks have made me ragequit at least twice.

   • 2012 January 1, Aldis Hodge and Timothy Hutton as Alec Hardison and Nate Ford, “The Gold Job”, in Leverage (Television), season 4, episode 16:

     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.

Derived terms

• ragequitter

Translations

See also

• flounce
• sore loser