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teabagger

teabagger

9.9
A player in an online game who repeatedly crouches over a defeated opponent to mock them
  • noun
  • /ˈtiːˌbæɡər/
  • Offensive
: jugador que hace teabagging

Examples

  • They got tired of their kids asking, "Daddy, what's a teabagger?"

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  • In the game, the player crouched repeatedly over his defeated opponent, acting like a teabagger to mock them.

  • After winning the match, he couldn't resist being a teabagger, taunting his rivals by crouching on their character's body.

  • In online battles, some players embrace the role of a teabagger, showing off their victory by crouching over fallen foes.

Surface Forms

teabagger singular
teabaggers plural

Morphology

teabagger = teabag (transparent) = teabag + er

Direct agentive formation from the verb 'teabag' (one who performs teabagging), which is straightforward for learners familiar with the verb.

Etymology

In gaming, teabagger comes from the action called teabagging, where a player crouches again and again over a defeated opponent, which people say looks like dipping a 'tea bag' into a cup. So a teabagger in games is someone who taunts or mocks another player after a kill.