Etymology

spawn camp

Today it means: To stay near a spawn point in order to kill players immediately after they spawn. Full definition →

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The story

From spawn (“a location on a game map in which a player spawns”) + camp (“to stay beside something to gain an advantage”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.