What Does This Mean?
To watch a player's live stream in order to find them in a match, gain an advantage, or interfere with their game.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He kept dying in the same spot because someone was stream sniping him from his own broadcast."
LORE & ORIGIN
The verb form of stream sniping, also called ghosting. The exact origin is unknown; the earliest documented reference is a November 13, 2011 Battle.net Forums post, and an Urban Dictionary entry followed on January 1, 2014. This entry is the verb ('he stream sniped me'), whereas the existing 'stream-sniper' entry covers the person doing it and 'stream-sniper-edit' covers the clip genre; it is not a separate concept from stream-sniper.
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