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If you’ve been playing Roblox recently, you might have been seeing “F4” popping up in the game chat. So, what does it mean?
Roblox has been an enduringly popular game, seeing huge popularity, especially since the latter half of the 2010s. It’s free to play and lets you access its engine, meaning you can create your own games or play with other users.
The game is so popular and with such a dedicated community that a load of slang has popped up This tends to be used in the in-game chat, which lets you communicate in real-time with the players the around you.
Recently, you might have been seeing “F4” appearing more and more in the chat, sometimes being spammed by multiple people at the same time. So, what does it mean?
Roblox F4 meaning
Rather than being a random meme or meaningless in-joke, “F4” actually has quite a logical meaning. It means ‘quit the game’, implying that the other team are so bad that it is actually in their own interest to stop playing. The reason saying “F4” means that is a reference to the keyboard shortcut Alt + F4 which instantly quits the game and closes the window.
The slang has actually been around for a while but in a slightly different form. Players would try to convince other people that they would get a reward for entering the shortcut, and then revel in their trickery when the player suddenly disappeared, having been tricked into quitting the game. Lately, the term has become ingrained as slang, especially on TikTok, showing once again the ability of video game culture to spill over into the real world.
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