heated gaming moment

English

Alternative forms

• heated gamer moment

Etymology

Unintentionally coined by Ian Miles Cheong in a 2017 tweet defending YouTuber PewDiePie's use of the word nigger during a livestream of the video game PUBG: Battlegrounds, which asserted that he had merely done so in a "heated gaming moment".

Noun

heated gaming moment (plural heated gaming moments)

1. (slang, humorous) An instance of a video gamer doing something offensive, such as saying a racial slur, in a moment of frustration or carelessness.
   • 2019 February 14, Steven Asarch, “DeadMau5 Apologizes For Homophobic Slur After Twitch Ban”, in Newsweek‎^[1]:

     Twitch has a strict Terms of Service that streamers must adhere to or they will face bans. Trihex, one of the more popular speedrunners on the platform, was banned for 30 days for saying the homophobic slur while in a particularly heated gaming moment.

   • 2021 March 9, Sopan Deb, Kevin Draper, “Meyers Leonard Will Be Away From Heat ‘Indefinitely’ After Use of Anti-Semitic Slur”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     Later that year, after he used a different slur while livestreaming a game, the phrase "heated gaming moment" entered the lexicon as an excuse for using derogatory language while livestreaming video games.

   • 2021 July 19, Ethan Gach, “Gamer Chair Apologizes For Bad Tweets, Promises To Do Better”, in Kotaku‎^[3]:

     Vertagear had a heated gaming moment on social media.

Related terms

• gamer word