ragequit

English

Alternative forms

rage quit

Etymology

From rage +‎ quit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒˌkwɪt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)

Verb

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

(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^[1] (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, Chris Whitworth, “Pow, Wallop & Bam”, in uk.games.video.misc‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <slrnhn0725.gik.usenet.chris@parm.vs.topper.me.uk>:
  Cheap insta-kill attacks have made me ragequit at least twice.
(intransitive, slang, by extension) To quit (something) in anger.

Derived terms

ragequitter

Translations

slang: quit a video game in anger

Chinese:
Mandarin: 怒退
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
French: ragequitter
German: ragequitten
Japanese: 切断 (ja) (setsudan)
Korean: 강종하다 (gangjonghada)
Marathi: रेजक्विट (rejakviṭ)
Swedish: ragequitta (sv)

Noun

ragequit (plural ragequits)

(slang, video games) The act of quitting an online video game in anger.
- 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):
  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.