Alt+Tab Fever

(n.) Condition where a game or application doesn't take kindly to Alt+Tabbing and always manages to fuck itself up somehow when you Alt+Tab. (This could mean graphical artifacting, glitching, freezing, or just plain refusing to open up again, among other prognoses).

Fallout 3 has Alt+Tab fever. Every time I tab in, the pots are on the fritz, my pip boy goes black, and the world promptly ceases to exist!

Skyrim has a minor case of Alt+Tab fever, because you have to tab in twice to get it started again.

Any game released before 1999 can be safely assumed to have Alt+Tab Fever. Good luck tabbing back into that.

by HaloEliteLegend September 15, 2016

Alt-Tab

When you're watching gay furry porn and your dad walks in.

Person 1: Why do you have bruises all over your body?

Person 2: I didn't Alt-Tab in time.

by IEatNukes April 7, 2024

Alt-tab

To be in a voice or text chat but mentally in another window, focused on a game, video, or other app instead of the conversation, often used as an excuse meaning “I wasn’t listening, I’m switched to something else.”

A: Dude, did you catch that?
B: Sorry, I’m alt-tabbed, say it again?

by Selen_Sazanov November 17, 2025