May 15, 2003

gib

/jib/

1. vi. To destroy utterly. Like frag, but much more violent and final. There's no trace left. You definitely gibbed that bug.

2. n. Remnants after total obliteration.

Originated first by id software in the game Quake. It's short for giblets (thus pronounced jib), and referred to the bloody remains of slain opponents. Eventually the word was verbed, and leaked into general usage afterward.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:46 AM

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