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神补刀

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[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

"God-tier finishing blow"; in comment sections and chats, a reply that lands at exactly the right moment to add a sharp, funny jab to someone who is already embarrassed or in trouble. In games it can also mean snatching the last hit on a nearly defeated enemy or boss.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"After he complained that nobody had replied to his post, one comment simply read "you posted at 3 a.m.", and the thread called it a 神补刀."

LORE & ORIGIN

Built from 补刀 ("to finish off"), which began as a gaming term for landing the last hit on a weakened minion to collect its gold and was extended to a verbal sense of piling a further jab onto someone already in a bad spot, plus the intensifying prefix 神 ("god"), used in Chinese slang for something outstanding. Dictionary-style pages gloss 神补刀 as a perfectly timed piece of 补刀. No dated first use, platform or community is documented.

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PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Undated; 2010s onward in games and comment threads
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Legacy / Decaying Slang
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