A fork of Rural Dictionary
To mess about or act silly, said by someone trying to prove authority but in a humouross way
People messing about:
“Can we all please stop johning about
The state of going through "the struggle", simply not thriving.
Joe: "Damn bro, I'm straight john-ing right now."
Tina: "I'm sorry your life sucks."
Johning is the act of making excuses for your loss upon losing a game, the most popular explanation being a "faulty" controller. It's most commonly seen among Smash Brothers and FPS (CoD, Valorant, OW, etc) gamers. Someone who frequently johns after a game is called a john, Mr. John or simply John. See also "Salty".
An example of johning:
(Player 1 attempts to perform a recovery but fails miserably, ending the match)
Player 2: Ha! I won fair and square!
Player 1: Dude, my controller was definitely faulty. Those buttons were sticky, thats why I didn't get my up special.
Player 2: You're blatantly johning, were you even *trying* to recover?
this doesn’t have to be explained, you just know when someone is Johning or being a John ass mf.
“This mf really Johning right now”
“You a John ass mf”