What does “NPC” mean?
Calling someone an NPC means they seem to act without thinking for themselves, like a background character.
Where it comes from
From video games, where non-player characters are run by the computer. It became an online insult around 2018.
NPC in a sentence
- Everyone at the airport was walking like an NPC.
- I go full NPC before my coffee.
Can you say it at work?
It’s an insult, so only about yourself, and only as a joke.
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