F in the chat

ˌɛf‿ɪn ðə ˈt͡ʃæt

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#1·1d ago

(idiomatic, Internet slang, figurative) condolences, regret, or sympathy.

One hour ago, however, Gaules put out a mysterious tweet. "If you have faith, leave your F in the chat," he wrote. The word F, in gaming culture, means to pay your respects when someone dies.

Origin: Originally a call for streamers on the online platform Twitch to type “F” in chat windows as a way to express sympathy when an unfortunate event occurs. This refers to the prompt “Press to Pay Respects” in the PC version of the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014) which directs the player during a funeral cut scene to press the F key to touch the coffin of a soldier who was killed in battle saving the player’s life. The prompt became a meme, where people would be asked to “press F to pay respects” in non-gaming contexts to suggest that credit, recognition, or sympathy should be. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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