heated gaming moment en · NOUN
Etymology
Unintentionally coined by Ian Miles Cheong in a 2017 tweet defending YouTuber PewDiePie's use of the word nigger during a livestream of the video game PUBG: Battlegrounds, which asserted that he had merely done so in a "heated gaming moment".
Meanings
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(humorous, slang) An instance of a video gamer doing something offensive, such as saying a racial slur, in a moment of frustration or carelessness.
Later that year, after he used a different slur while livestreaming a game, the phrase "heated gaming moment" entered the lexicon as an excuse for using derogatory language while livestreaming video games.
2021 March 9, Sopan Deb, Kevin Draper, “Meyers Leonard Will Be Away From Heat ‘Indefinitely’ After Use of Anti-Semitic Slur”, in New York Times:Twitch has a strict Terms of Service that streamers must adhere to or they will face bans. Trihex, one of the more popular speedrunners on the platform, was banned for 30 days for saying the homophobic slur while in a particularly heated gaming moment.
2019 February 14, Steven Asarch, “DeadMau5 Apologizes For Homophobic Slur After Twitch Ban”, in Newsweek:Vertagear had a heated gaming moment on social media.
2021 July 19, Ethan Gach, “Gamer Chair Apologizes For Bad Tweets, Promises To Do Better”, in Kotaku:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heated gaming moments | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| heated gamer moment | alternative | lexicographic |