badwrongfun

English

Alternative forms

  • BadWrongFun

Etymology

From bad +‎ wrong +‎ fun. Possibly inspired by words such as wrongthink, modelled on earlier crimethink from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Noun

badwrongfun (uncountable)

  1. (slang, roleplaying games) Enjoyment derived from playing roleplaying games in an incorrect, improper, or unethical way.
    to have badwrongfun
    • 2007 April 30, Ben Finney, “Script immunity”, in rec.games.frp.advocacy‎[1] (Usenet):
      That doesn't mean that people who choose differently, and have fun doing it, are having BadWrongFun. There are no absolute "ends that matter" except as defined by what each gaming group finds fun.
    • 2015 June 8, Kim Foster, “So I power gamed a bit...”, in FIGHT! The Fighting Game RPG‎[2] (Google Groups):
      I'm not saying he was wrong or having badwrongfun by making the character.
    • 2018 August 5, Jonah Horowitz, “Second edition Pathfinder?”, in OntarioPFS‎[3] (Google Groups):
      I don't think they're saying it's badwrongfun, I think they're saying […] you need to know it'll be fun for everyone who is actually involved before it becomes acceptable fun in those circumstances.