When a corrupt company or organization is bankrupted by a group of motived individuals with a common interest.
Melvin Capital got Gamestopped. They fuk'd around and fown'd out. Citadel Securities is next!
Verb
1. To get ripped off. Like BADLY.
2. To get absolutely horribly fucked over so much so that it makes you want to grab the newest newborn and choke the life out of it. Not that the writer of the entry endorses that kind of fun activity, but at the same time, the writer of this entry does in fact acknowledge the pain caused this type of BS we all despise and has made sure to describe it accurately enough so much so, that this is the kind of nightmare grammar shitstorm the average english teacher would make sure the whole infant choking situation a kind of "choke one, get one choked free" sort of deal.
3. The combination of "Gamestop" as in the awful corporation that causes beloved things like Steam to be born and "stopped" in this context to mean "stopped" from getting good value, a good deal, a good use of one's time, etc.
1. Those mofos at Plato's Closet gamestopped me bad! Or at least they attempted to! I left those fuckers long ago. Fuck, I'll just sell it myself online or donate it! What a waste of all sorts of resources!
2. I was in a rush to buy sandels so I stopped by some old dude's claustrophobic mess he calls a store and got something there without thinking. Got gamestopped soooo badly!
When a company, person, or similar does the bait-and-switch. When you are expecting one thing, but get something completely different. Another word for getting shanked.
A common situation where this can be used is when you really want a new video game console, but the only people who have them are scalpers who charge 150%+ over retail. "You’ll get Gamestopped if you buy from those people.”
To increase the prize of a stock massively through r/wallstreetbets
Should we Gamestop it the TYU stock?
Yes
The cringiest group of people that play video games. These are the people that part take in pretentious "gaming" culture aspects. Seemingly into the label sand titles rather than actually playing games.
"Did that guy just call himself a *video game character* main? God that's some cringey gamestop gamer shit."
New kind of daycare where parents leave their child at gamestop while go shopping
Jimmy: Where is your child
Jan: At gamestop daycare
When an item is clearly used but is being sold as "New" because it was taped shut after being opened.
1: I got a new copy of Smash Bros.
2: It's not wrapped though.
1: Yeah it's GameStop New
2: Ah, yes.