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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
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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
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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
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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
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Action Lag

When you are playing a normally smooth-running game that begins to lag due to heavy action at that moment.
"Dude, last when I was playing Medal of Honor I was taking fire from all sides. Major action lag"

"My new PC with 8 gigs of RAM couldn't stop some of the action lag from WoW"
by Crakaman June 1, 2009
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lag spasm

When ones connection to an online game is so bad that they lag all over the place. I hate this problem in gears of war.
"c'mon help I can't kill three guys at once!"
"Sorry man I'm having a lag spasm. I have to stand still for it to stop. I can't stop bouncing every where."
by annnnonnnnymous August 31, 2011
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Lag

A thing that sometimes happens where your game suddenly starts running slower than usual.

It is also an excuse that gamers often use whenever they’re doing bad at a game.
Gamer 1: “Dude the lag keeps making me die!!”
Gamer 2: “lol”
by BeckBro_ January 20, 2022
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