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

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

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

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

lag

When someone isn’t texting you back in a timely manner. Even if they texted first.

Damn I wish Emily would stop lagging on me. I just wanna talk to her.

by dome skillet April 5, 2020

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

Test lag

The amount of stress and/or exhaustion one gets after doing a test or examination of some sort.

Joe: bro do you want to hang out?
Achmad: I still have test lag from my finals, I think need a week to recover

by Deadeye Uger December 14, 2020