Rage quitting
Etymology
A coinage from video-gaming culture of the 2000s, describing a player who furiously leaves a match mid-game. It has since spread to work and other settings, keeping the sense of a sudden departure fueled by anger rather than calculation.
noun · /RAYJ KWIT-ing/
Abruptly abandoning an activity, game, or job in a burst of frustration or anger.
What it names
The impulsive, emotion-driven exit — a walkout in the heat of the moment — as a distinct kind of quitting.
Example
After the third crashed save file, he rage quit and slammed the laptop shut.
Related idea
The loud opposite of quiet quitting, a slow, silent disengagement in which someone stays but stops going beyond the minimum; rage quitting is a single explosive act, while quiet quitting is a drawn-out withdrawal that keeps the person in place.
See also