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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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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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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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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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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
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DeLorean Lag

Extreme tiredness and other physical effects felt by a person after a trip across time. Comparable to "jet lag"; this term affects the travelers time arrival in the past/future as opposed to the time zone differential of jet lag.
3:00 PM November 1st, 1885:
Marty:"This is heavy...I'm so tired..."
Doc: "Martyyyy, how on earth could you be tired?"
Marty:"I have DeLorean lag. I left 1955 at 5:00PM and arrived here at 8:00AM"
Doc:"Great Scott!"
by FeFe Stink Pickle January 26, 2014
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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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