salty

What it means

Bitter, annoyed, or resentful, usually over something minor or after losing. If someone is being grumpy and petty about not getting their way, they're being salty.

Examples

• He's still salty that I beat him at Mario Kart last week.
• Don't be salty just because they didn't invite you.
• She got so salty when I said her playlist was mid.
• I'm not salty, I just think the ref was clearly blind.

Where it comes from

Comes from older American/military slang linking salt to tears, sweat, and bitterness; it spread widely through gaming and Twitter culture in the 2010s to describe sore losers.

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