Results for “soft lock”

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softlock
noun

The game's still running but you're stuck with no way to win — only a reset fixes it.

#speedrun#glitch#bug#reset
soft wall
noun

A surface you can shoot or blow straight through.

#fps#rainbow-six-siege#destruction#tactics
soft CC
noun

Crowd control that slows you down but doesn't fully stop you.

#moba#league of legends#crowd control
soft lad
phrase

Affectionate Scouse for 'you idiot'.

#scouse#liverpool#british#insult
Soft Life
noun

A lifestyle of ease, comfort, and minimal stress, by deliberate choice.

#gen-z#money#aave#internet
Soft Launch Era
phrase

The phase where you hint at something new (a relationship, project, or self-reinvention) without fully revealing it.

#gen-z#internet#dating#relationships
Soft Launch
verb

To hint at something (often a new relationship) subtly online before officially revealing it.

#gen-z#dating#internet#relationships
Soft Glam
noun

Polished, glowy makeup that looks done but not heavy — glam dialed to elegant.

#gen-z#internet#american
Soft Ghosting
verb

Fading someone out by liking their message instead of replying, so you never technically ghost.

#gen-z#dating#internet#texting
body block
verb

Putting your body between an ally and danger to soak or block it.

#moba#league of legends#peel#positioning
Chicken blocking
noun, verb

Jumping to block in the air instead of on the ground in air-block games — the coward's defence.

#fighting games#fgc#blocking#air
Instant block
noun

Blocking the exact frame an attack lands to cut blockstun and pushback.

#fighting games#defense#blocking#fgc
Block string
noun

A chain of attacks the opponent blocks back-to-back to keep them pinned in defense.

#fighting games#pressure#offense#fgc
a soft day
phrase

Mild, overcast, drizzly — Ireland's default weather, dressed up as a compliment.

#irish#ireland#weather#hiberno-english
Glock
noun

Austrian-made pistol — drill's weapon of choice.

#nyc#hip-hop#drill#guns
O'Block
proper noun

The 6400 block of S King Drive in Parkway Gardens — King Von and Lil Durk's set.

#chicago#drill#hip-hop#gang
slock
noun

A padlock dropped in a sock and swung as a weapon.

#prison#us-prison#weapon#violence
Opp Block
noun

The block or area where your enemies — the opps — live and operate.

#uk#american#aave#mle
Clocked
verb

To notice, recognize, or call out something — especially catching what someone's trying to hide.

#aave#gen-z#internet#meme
Clock In
verb

To start working — also used jokingly for showing up to do anything.

#gen-z#money#aave#internet
Locked
adjective

Extremely drunk — one of Ireland's many words for falling-down intoxicated.

#irish#uk
Clocked Out
phrase

Mentally checked out — done caring or paying attention.

#gen-z#mental-health#money#internet
Lock In
verb

To fully focus and grind with total commitment, cutting all distractions to get the job done.

#gen-z#gaming#tiktok#meme
Locked In
adjective

Fully focused and in the zone — completely committed and dialed in on a task.

#gen-z#gaming#internet#sports
Kay-Rop
noun

Butchers' back-slang for 'pork' — 'pork' reversed and softened on the block.

#cockney#back-slang#british#uk
Warez
noun

Pirated, cracked software distributed illegally, a cornerstone term of old BBS and scene culture.

#leet#1337#gaming#internet
spawn trap
noun

Locking the enemy in their respawn so they get farmed the second they appear.

#fps#map control#tactics#call of duty
mounting
noun

Resting your gun on a surface to kill the recoil and lock down a lane.

#call of duty#fps#mechanic#recoil
backline
noun

The heroes sitting behind the tanks, deadly at range but soft up close.

#overwatch#positioning#support#fps
hard CC
noun

Crowd control that fully locks a target down, no moving, no casting.

#moba#league of legends#crowd control
tunnel vision
noun

Locking onto one target and going blind to everything else.

#moba#mentality#macro
initiation
noun

Starting the teamfight — the hero with lockdown dives in first and opens the brawl.

#dota 2#moba#teamfight#engage
counter pick
noun

Drafting a champ specifically to beat one the enemy already locked.

#moba#draft#matchup#esports
tb
noun, verb

Teleblock — the spell that traps a player in the wild by killing their escape teleport.

#osrs#runescape#pvp#wilderness
mit
noun

Mitigation — the defensive cooldowns that soften incoming damage.

#ffxiv#tanking#defensive
god spot
noun

A hard-to-reach, dominant position that locks down the whole ring.

#battle royale#positioning#apex legends
Tick throw
noun

A blocked jab into an instant throw — the cheapest reset in fighting games.

#fighting games#fgc#mixup#throw
Safe jump
noun

A jump-in timed so tight you block their wake-up reversal even if it whiffs.

#fighting games#fgc#okizeme#wakeup
50/50
noun

A coin-flip mixup — block the wrong way and you're guessing right half the time at best.

#fighting games#fgc#mixup#okizeme
Chip damage
noun

The little bit of life you lose blocking specials and supers — death by a thousand pokes.

#fighting games#fgc#blocking#damage
Cross-up
noun, verb

An attack that hits from behind, tricking you into blocking the wrong way.

#fighting games#fgc#mixup#okizeme
Reversal
noun

An invincible move done on the very first frame you can act out of block or knockdown.

#fighting games#wakeup#defense#fgc
Hitconfirm
verb

Reading whether your move hit or got blocked, then deciding to combo or stay safe.

#fighting games#combos#execution#fgc
Command grab
noun

A special-move throw that grabs straight through blocking and shields.

#fighting games#throws#grappler#fgc
Tech
noun, verb

Inputting at the right moment to escape a throw or soften a knockdown.

#fighting games#defense#knockdown
Snake Edge
noun

A slow sweeping low that launches if it lands, but it's a sitting duck on block.

#tekken#low attack#launcher
Jail
noun, verb

When a blockstring traps you and you can't duck out after blocking hit one.

#fighting games#blockstring#frame data
Electric (EWGF)
noun

The frame-perfect Mishima launcher that's plus on block.

#tekken#mishima#just-frame#launcher