W community

English

Etymology

From Internet slang W (“win, winner”) +‎ community.

Noun

W community (plural W communities)

  1. (Internet slang, Twitch-speak) 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. [from 2020]
    Synonym: W/L community
    Coordinate term: poggers community
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see W,‎ community.

Proper noun

the W community

  1. W communities construed collectively.

See also

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