What Does This Mean?

Feeding

[ SLANG ][ GAMING ][ VERB ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: Gaming CultureCLUSTER: Player Behavior

Repeatedly dying to the enemy team, whether from bad positioning, overextending, or just poor play, and in doing so handing the enemy team resources and an advantage every time it happens.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Stop diving alone, you've died five times in ten minutes, that's straight-up feeding at this point."

LORE & ORIGIN

Named for the image of literally feeding the enemy resources with every death, standard vocabulary in multiplayer online battle arenas where kills directly translate into a stronger opponent.

FIRST SEEN

2003

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2003-2026 (MOBA Era)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Carry XP Debt

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESfeeding →Français fr-FRfeeding →日本語 ja-JPフィーディング →한국어 ko-KR피딩 →Português pt-BRfeeding →中文 zh-CN连续送头 →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+5 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ GAMING ][ VERB ]

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