About
“Rekt” is an Internet slang term which is shorthand for “wrecked,” which is often used to indicate that someone has been defeated or embarassed, in a similar vein to the term “pwned”.
Origin
On June 6th, 2011, Urban Dictionary[2] user PossiblyCouldOKIWill submitted an entry for the term “rekt,” defining it as a shorthand for “wrecked.”
Spread
On October 31st, 2013, Twitter user @SSoHPKC tweeted his idea for a Halloween prank accompanied by the phrase “Get reKt.” Within the following four months, the tweet gathered more than 490 favorites and 440 retweets.
This Halloween I'm going to open the door with a bowl full of candy, eat a piece in front of the kids, and then close the door. Get reKt
— Seamus © (@SSoHPKC) October 31, 2013
On January 28th, 2014, Twitch.tv[1] user Artosis recorded a live-stream Heroes of Warcraft livestream titled “ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ REKTヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ.”