verb Gaming Slang

Throwing

/ˈθroʊɪŋ/ · verb · slang

Blowing a winnable game through bad decisions — losing a lead you should've closed out.

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Definitions

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Intentionally playing badly to lose a match, sometimes out of spite, tilt, or to grief teammates.

“He started throwing on purpose after he got flamed in chat.”
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Used figuratively outside gaming for blowing any clear advantage at the last moment.

“The other team was up two sets and somehow threw the whole match.”
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Losing a game you were clearly winning by making terrible plays, usually late when the win was almost guaranteed. The classic 'we had this and you threw it'.

“We were up by twenty and you threw it going for a dumb backdoor.”
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Throwing In A Sentence

Don't throw now, we just need one more objective to close it.
That was the hardest throw I've ever seen, they had it won.
He's not even trying anymore, he's straight throwing this game.

Origin & Usage

Comes from sports betting and competitive sports, where 'throwing a game' meant deliberately losing. Gaming adopted it broadly to mean blowing a lead, intentional or not, by the 2010s.

Variants throwthrew itintgriefing
Tags #gen-z#esports#meme#competitive

People Also Ask

What does throwing mean in video games?

It means losing a game you were clearly winning, either by making bad plays or by intentionally tanking it.

Is throwing always on purpose?

No — you can throw accidentally by making a dumb mistake, but 'throwing on purpose' specifically means deliberately losing.

What does 'don't throw' mean?

It's a teammate begging you to play safe and not blow the lead when you're close to winning.

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