W community
A Twitch community characterized by chatters reacting to events using W and L in text,…A Twitch community characterized by chatters reacting to events using W and L in text, instead of using traditional (or custom, browser-extension-provided) emotes. Associated with relatively more mainstreamized, hip, recent-influx Internet culture and black culture, in contrast to the poggers community which is associated with more traditional gaming culture and nicher, shibbolethic image reaction-based humor.
Meaning
2 senses(Internet)A Twitch community characterized by chatters reacting to events using W and L in text, instead of using traditional (or custom, browser-extension-provided) emotes. Associated with relatively more mainstreamized, hip, recent-influx Internet culture and black culture, in contrast to the poggers community which is associated with more traditional gaming culture and nicher, shibbolethic image reaction-based humor.
Coordinate term: poggers community
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see W, community.
Origin
From Internet slang W (“win, winner”) + community.From Internet slang W (“win, winner”) + community.
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Forms
plural: W communities| Singular | W community |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsSee also
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