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Diff
'Difference' — the reason a game was lost, blamed on one position: 'jungle diff', 'support diff'. The record's entry for the shortest possible post-mortem, and, since 2022, for any comparison: 'coffee diff', 'dad diff'.
First sighting
League of Legends, 2018; 'jungle diff'
Life & death · 2017–2027
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PEAK 2022
BORN · 2018
NOW · 2026
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Sighting
@dupe_detective · Digger
3 Sep 2026
'Teacher diff' said by a pupil about two classes' exam results, in 2024, to the teacher. The record notes the teacher agreed.
Correction
@linkedin_lunatic · Poster
12 Dec 2022
Correction to the headnote: Diff was not coined, it was noticed. Someone said it, someone else screenshotted it, and the screenshot is the coinage.
Definition
@lobby_leader · Poster
18 Feb 2019
For the record: Diff is not a joke, it is a shorthand. The joke is what happens when someone outside the group tries to use it as one.
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