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sweats

sweats

8.9
Players who play very competitively online and try too hard to win
  • noun
  • /swɛts/
  • Offensive
translation icon : jugador tryhard (coloquial, peyorativo)
  • She refused to team with sweats who complained about every small mistake during the match.

Examples

  • The ranked lobby was full of sweats who refused to back down.

  • Those players are serious sweats in that tournament.

  • At the weekend tournament, the sweats always practiced for hours to perfect their plays.

  • I can't believe how many sweats showed up for the game.

  • The tournament attracted many sweats, each competing fiercely for the championship.

  • In the online match, the sweats dominated the leaderboard with their intense focus.

  • My friend avoids playing with sweats because their pressure can make it hard to enjoy the game.

Antonyms

filthy casual
  • Offensive
9.9

A person people insult for taking part only for fun, not seriously

How Competitive

professional
16 3.5
sweats
  • Offensive
8.9
player
∞ 1.0
filthy casual
  • Offensive
9.9

Surface Forms

sweat singular
sweats plural

Morphology

sweats = sweat (semi-transparent) = sweat + s

The gaming/slang sense extends the literal idea of 'sweating' (making a lot of effort) to label overzealous players; understandable as a metaphor but slangy and context-dependent.

Etymology

Sweats in gaming comes from the word sweat ('perspiration') and the picture of someone trying so hard they 'sweat', so very serious, intense players became known as 'sweats'. That's why sweats now means the overly competitive, try-hard players in online games.