ragequitとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From rage +‎ quit.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒˌkwɪt/
• 韻: -ɪt

動詞

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

     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 (Usenet), message-ID :

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

2. (intransitive, slang, by extension) To quit (something) in anger.

派生語

• ragequitter

名詞

ragequit (plural ragequits)

1. (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.

参考

• Alt-F4
• flounce
• sore loser

動詞

rage-quit (third-person singular simple present rage-quits, present participle rage-quitting, simple past and past participle rage-quit or rage-quitted)

1. Alternative form of ragequit.