patchdaygroan
/ˈpætʃˌdeɪˈɡrəʊn/nounVerified NewAlso in: Updateächzen (Deutsch) · actulamento (Español) · majoupir (Français)
The collective sigh when a game updates overnight and everything has moved.
The patchdaygroan greets the new menu, the moved button, and the changed gun. The player relearns the game they were good at, loudly. Within a week the changes are defended as improvements by the same mouth that groaned, and the next patch day reopens the whole case.
Etym. — patch day + groan — the morning-after sound of a changed game.
Rel. — firmwaredusk
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