[ GAMING ][ DEGEN ECONOMY ]
The tactic of staying in one advantageous position for an extended period, waiting for opponents to come to you rather than actively moving through a game, common in first-person shooters and criticized as a passive, low-effort strategy.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He's been camping in the same corner the entire match, barely moving."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard FPS gaming vocabulary dating to the earliest online multiplayer shooters in the late 1990s, describing a specific defensive playstyle that spread into general gaming vocabulary and occasionally beyond into everyday situations of passive waiting.
FIRST SEEN
1998
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Gaming Export Canon)
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Legacy / Decaying Slang
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