rekt

Rekt means “wrecked,” that is “utterly destroyed” or “wasted.” This slang term is often used to refer to someone who has been soundly defeated. It is also used to refer to someone who is extremely drunk or high.

Rekt is a phonetic spelling of wrecked. It’s first recorded around 2010–15. 

Something that has been rekt has been damaged or destroyed, such as a person who has been dominated in a video game—or someone has become very drunk or high. Compare wasted, annihilated, obliterated, trashed, and other such “destructive” metaphors for drunkenness.

The phrase prepare to get rekt, or prepare to lose, can be issued as a challenge by someone before engaging in a competition, typically in a video game battle.

Sneaking up on us with NO SOUND, rapid fire smg, skye's assault rifle, grappler, downing my teammate; YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT!?!??! GET REKT #fortnite #fortnitehighlight #fortnitegame #highlight #twitch https://t.co/qmz2NsXP8s pic.twitter.com/VMxaxHd7lX

— dv8playsgames (@dv8playsgames) March 16, 2020

A partier saying they are going to get rekt means they are going to party hard and get quite intoxicated. In that sense, getting rekt is similar to getting turnt or lit.

Someone is going to have to invoke the mercy rule for lib journos if this level of getting rekt by Kayleigh continues https://t.co/FGI2YGimQx

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) May 15, 2020

More examples of rekt:

“Study claims Bitcoin energy consumption is exploding — leaving us totally rekt”
—@mashable, May 2018

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