Schrödinger's Lag

The term used when lag occurs in a game but only when you're looking at the thing that lags your game.

Guy 1: "I spawned a skyscraper on Garry's Mod but it only lagged the game when I looked at it?"
Guy 2: "Yeah, that's Schrödinger's Lag"

by BoneZonelol October 8, 2020

Trend Lag

Jet lagging of social trends between a country and another, either due to timezone differences, or otherwise.

Ex. 1: #AppleEvent is trending in Egypt, although the event has ended more than 24 hours ago. This is definitely a trend lag.
Ex. 2: #Oscars2015 is trend-lagged in Germany.

by Ahmed Zidan October 26, 2015

Lag Tech

The method in which a person uses their horrible internet to perform feats on video games that were never thought possible.

Wow Luke did you just make a new lag tech.

by Quantum energy August 27, 2025

guns don’t kill people, lag does

A play on “guns don’t kill people, people kill people”, but in response to the growing number of school shootings being blamed on first- and third-person shooters.

Coined by the Act Man, “guns don’t kill people, lag does”, shows the irony of the situation we’re in, Luddites meeting up and talking about Grand Theft Auto.

by MaybeARealWord January 12, 2022

Lags

A gamers worst nightmare and the single most frustrating thing ever to ruin a video game

My fucking piece of shit computer lags all the fucking time!!! >:(

by DERP_MASTER April 20, 2017

Alternating lag

Rare but really annoying form of lag, it gives you anywhere from 0.5 to 1.5 seconds of freeze, and then flips to 0.5 to 1.5 seconds of decent FPS.

So, I have half a second to run away from these blazes, before it freezes me for 1.5 seconds, to so I DON'T experience to full fun of running away from blazes... FUCK YOU TO HELL, Alternating lag!

by Itz Rob August 27, 2016

Ket lag

When you do a bump, it doesn’t hit so you do another.

Oh I didn’t feel that at all. Oh wait I’ve done too much, I think I had ket lag.

by Gfxdesigner93 January 25, 2022