The psychological state where every small frustration is being processed as a personal attack and the exit button is looking very appealing — you're not quite gone yet, but you're one lag spike away from being done.
The psychological state where every small frustration is being processed as a personal attack and the exit button is looking very appealing — you're not quite gone yet, but you're one lag spike away from being done. Ragequit mode can apply beyond gaming: it's the energy of someone who's already mentally checked out of a meeting, a relationship, or a group project and is just waiting for the final straw. The body is present but the patience has fully left the building.
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The unmistakable aura someone gives off when they're seconds from completely losing it and walking out — tension so palpable you can feel the countdown. Ragequit energy shows up in the jaw clench, the sudden silence, the overly careful movements of someone trying not to snap. It lives in gaming lobbies, office meetings, family dinners, and first dates gone wrong. You don't need to witness the actual exit to recognize the energy — it's already filling the room.
To quit an online video game in anger.
The act of quitting an online video game in anger.
Someone or something that just radiates the energy of an impending dramatic exit — a person whose whole demeanor telegraphs that they will absolutely not handle frustration well. Ragequit coded people have tells: they mutter under their breath when losing, they start narrating how unfair everything is, they grip controllers a little too tight. You can spot them before they even quit. In non-gaming contexts, it describes someone who clearly won't stick around when things get hard.
After the third rubber-banding glitch I went full ragequit mode — didn't even finish the match.