rekt

Utterly beaten online

Rekt is internet slang for wrecked—utterly defeated, destroyed, or humiliated.

It originated in gaming culture to describe crushing losses: Get rekt, noob.

The deliberately misspelled form intensifies the mockery.

Usage has spread beyond gaming to describe any severe defeat or failure: The stock tanked and I got absolutely rekt.

defeat

crushed

Compressed into fragments

obliterated · smashed · decimated · thrashed · beaten · trounced · dominated · overwhelmed · steamrolled · clobbered

gaming

pwned

Utterly defeated, gaming slang

  • ownedPossessed legally
  • noobInternet slang for beginner
  • GGEnd-match courtesy phrase

fragged · dominated · outplayed · spawn-killed · teabagged · headshot · camped · griefed · ganked · one-shot

humiliation

roasted

Cooked uncovered with heat

schooled · embarrassed · shamed · called out · exposed · canceled · dragged · flamed · mocked · ridiculed

crypto

liquidated

Converted holdings to currency

mooning · tanked · crashed · scammed · rug-pull · shitcoin · whale · FOMO · aped · bust

Categories
Opposites
outcome/condition

rektvictorious

Having achieved triumph

dominant · undefeated · crushing it · winning · owned

intoxication/sobriety

rektsober

Free from intoxication

straight · clear-headed · lucid · sharp · composed

emotional state

rektthriving

Succeeding vigorously

elated · on cloud nine · unfazed · unbothered · composed

Family

wreck, rack, wrecked, wreckage, wrecking, shipwreck, wrecker, wrecks, shipwrecked

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Used worldwide · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG