derust

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ rust.

Verb

derust (third-person singular simple present derusts, present participle derusting, simple past and past participle derusted)

1. (transitive) To remove rust from (something).

   I'm going to derust the car this weekend.

2. (intransitive, chiefly video games, slang) To regain one's skills at a game after not having played for a while; to reverse the process of rusting.
   • 2020 August 25, u/Ephemeralis, “Poised(from circle people) on why he cheated.”, in Reddit‎^[1], r/osugame, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:

     I don't understand explanations like these. He wanted to 'derust' by having something help play the game for him? That's not derusting, that's straight up sticking your dick into a bucket full of iron filings left out in the rain for three weeks.

   • 2022 September 23, u/jamesey10, “Post Match Thread: MNT”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/ussoccer, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:

     It's imperative we get 2 closed door matches under our belt in Qatar so we can derust in November.

   • 2023 October 25, u/baggypantsman, “Super Mario 64 - 0 Star in 6:16 by Suigi”, in Reddit‎^[3], r/speedrun, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:

     Watched this one live, he randomly got it less than an hour into the stream while derusting for PACE. He's just him.

   • 2023 October 30, u/alphcadoesreddit, “Worth grinding ranked at this point of the act?”, in Reddit‎^[4], r/VALORANT, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:

     The act ends in 2 days, unless you want to derust or improve at the game probably better to wait if you want to grind rank

Noun

derust (plural derusts)

1. An instance of derusting (in either sense).
   • 2022 July 4, u/xemmypoo, “I ran Ratchet 2 Wrench Only at SGDQ, AMA”, in Reddit‎^[5], r/speedrun, archived from the original on 23 December 2023:

     Wrench Only wasn't too bad of a derust, since I was already really experienced with the category.