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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.
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2003
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