rekt

[ rekt ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. wrecked, messed up, drunk, or high:

   What even happened last night—I was so rekt!

2. soundly or completely defeated; dominated: Your argument got rekt, man!

   Two players disconnected, and my multiplayer team was rekt before the match even started.

   Your argument got rekt, man!

Word History and Origins

Origin of rekt¹

First recorded in 2010–15; phonetic spelling of wrecked

Example Sentences

But this is cryptocurrency, where you can get rekt while you sleep.

From The Verge

Mr Curry's disclosure, first reported by rekt.news was made initially by email on 25 August.

From BBC

Get rekt on a Samsung smart fridge kid!

From The Verge

There is a long trail of individuals and companies who have been “rekt” as the industry parlance has it because of events: for example, the Bitcoin Cash civil war last November.

From The Guardian

Then there’s the housing market—which, as the kids might say, sort of seems to have been getting rekt lately.

From Slate

About This Word

What does rekt mean?

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.

Where does rekt come from?

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.

How is rekt used in real life?

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

Note

This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term’s history, meaning, and usage.