noun
vidya
VIHD-yuh
noun
1
Slang for video games.
"He spent the whole weekend playing vidya with his friends online."
How to Use Vidya
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishInternet slang for video games — deliberately playful and informal.
When to use it
Strictly informal/internet slang; would look odd in any formal writing.
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Etymology
A jokey mispronunciation of "video" (as in "video games"), popularised online and said to trace back to a line from the 1990s sitcom King of the Hill.