What Does This Mean?
[ SLANG ][ RETRO GAMING ][ GEN Z BRAINROT ]
Short for 'complete in box' — a retro video game that still has its original box, manual, and game intact, the most valuable and sought-after condition category for collectors.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Took twenty years but I finally have this one CIB, box and manual both in great shape."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard retro-game collecting abbreviation for box-manual-game completeness, core vocabulary in r/gamecollecting and similar spaces for decades.
FIRST SEEN
2010
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Gen Alpha Slang
Related To:Loose CopyBoxed CopyCIB Snob
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+3 AURA
TREND STATUS
↑ RISING
EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ SLANG ][ RETRO GAMING ][ GEN Z BRAINROT ]
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
2010
NOW
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