lagfest

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noun

Something prone to lagging, or network delays.

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Meanings

nounlagfest (plural lagfests)

plural lagfests

  1. informalcomputingSomething prone to lagging, or network delays.

    Cities are lagfests if there are a lot of other players nearby.

    2009 July 27, cryptoguy [username], “Re: Intermittent FPS drops”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet)
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    The only place I ever seriously lagged was at the blacksmith shop. Now all of Britain is a lagfest.

    1998 January 28, Spatch [username], “Re: *Please Read*”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games (Usenet)

    Full screen is a lagfest. I don't think you're going to be gaming on these, unless the technology got heaps better whilst I wasn't looking.

    2011 June 15, HarpingOn [username], “Re: OT: USB graphics "cards"”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)

Origin

From lag + -fest.

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APA

lagfest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagfest

MLA

“lagfest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagfest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lagfest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagfest.

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