What it means
To storm out of something in a flash of fury, usually slamming a game shut after one death too many, but also stomping out of a chat, a job or an argument. The defining touch is the drama: not a calm exit but a furious one, controller thrown, door slammed.
Usage examples
"He lost three rounds in a row and ragequit, headset still on the floor."
"She ragequit the group chat after the third bad take."
"Bro got sniped once and ragequit so fast the lobby was still loading his tantrum."
"I mentioned the deadline and he ragequit the call like the app had personally offended him."
Where it comes from
Built from rage plus quit, the term came out of video game culture in the 1990s and early 2000s for players who'd suddenly bail mid-game after getting mad. From there it spread way beyond gaming, so now you can ragequit a chat, a shift, a date, pretty much any situation you storm out of in a huff.
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