WatchWord · Ages 7-15 · In use
default
A Fortnite player wearing the free starting outfit instead of a bought skin. Used as an insult meaning noob, bad at the game, or too poor to buy anything.
Don't pick him for the team, he's a default.
For parents and educators
This is the word behind a lot of pressure to buy skins. Some kids get left out of games for being a default.
If you’re worried
If your child is being excluded or mocked for what they own, talk with them and, if it happens at school, with their teacher. Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text 686868.
Where it came from
Fortnite schoolyards around 2018. Teachers reported it as a general insult in class too.
Also heard as
default skin, you're a default, defaults