"heated gaming moment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heated gaming moments [plural]
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". Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: PUBG: Battlegrounds, PewDiePie Tags: humorous, slang Categories (topical): Racism Synonyms: heated gamer moment Related terms: gamer word
    Sense id: en-heated_gaming_moment-en-noun-UeRoSCK0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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