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If Your Teen Says You Have A 'Skill Issue', This Is What They're Getting At

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08.09.2026

If Your Teen Says You Have A 'Skill Issue', This Is What They're Getting At

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

Teens are extremely efficient at coming up with insults, whether they’re calling you mid, referring to someone as Ohio, or branding you a celebrity’s choppelganger.

And if they mention that you – or someone they know – has a “skill issue”. Well, you can bet it’s not a compliment.

What does ‘skill issue’ mean?

The term – which has been knocking around online since the early 2020s – actually derives from online gaming and is a popular way for gamers to ridicule........

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