Johning 

Johning is a term often used in the crypto space to describe someone (a typical John) who holds their position and does not sell.

The term was first used in the blockchain community "Crypto Hub".

Leo was johning although Bitcoin achieved a new ATH.

Johning by TH210 January 6, 2024

Johning 

To mess about or act silly, said by someone trying to prove authority but in a humouross way

People messing about:
“Can we all please stop johning about

Johning by John the Johner April 8, 2024

johning 

Johning is the act of making excuses for your loss upon losing a game, the most popular explanation being a "faulty" controller. It's most commonly seen among Smash Brothers and FPS (CoD, Valorant, OW, etc) gamers. Someone who frequently johns after a game is called a john, Mr. John or simply John. See also "Salty".

An example of johning:

(Player 1 attempts to perform a recovery but fails miserably, ending the match)

Player 2: Ha! I won fair and square!
Player 1: Dude, my controller was definitely faulty. Those buttons were sticky, thats why I didn't get my up special.
Player 2: You're blatantly johning, were you even *trying* to recover?

johning by HecatiaLapisLazvli October 4, 2024

johning 

Making excuses before a game start. Originated from a person named John who made a lot of excuses

"My friend started johning about controller issue before our 1v1 started"

johning by BigManStickmanDan December 8, 2024

Johning 

When your friend John starts Johning in soccer at lunchtime, by selling out his whole team

John has the ball, then kicks and misses the goal 5 feet in front of him.

We call it Johning!!!

Johning by Reizirth December 10, 2024

Johning 

When someone blames bad gaming on something that is completely unrelated to the game.

Person one: “I’m telling you bro, my game is just buggy and that’s why I’m playing terribly!” (This man has an RTX 4070.) Person two: “quit johning bro, you have a godly graphics card anyways.”

Johning by 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 December 21, 2024

Johning 

(Verb) act of masturbation involving long object (exp. broom, pole, stick) inserted into rectum for prostate stimulus.

I was johning so hard it broke my broom

Johning by Marco Pole May 26, 2025