Sadge
Sadge is a Twitch chat emote that means sadness or disappointment. It shows a squashed, downcast Pepe the Frog, and chat uses it both sincerely (a loss, a stream ending) and ironically (a mild inconvenience treated as a tragedy).
Where it comes from
The image is an edit of the much older “Feels Bad Man” sad-frog drawing, which first appeared on 4chan in January 2009. The Sadge emote was submitted to BetterTTV on 3 January 2020 and added to FrankerFaceZ on 14 January 2020.
It spread through early and mid 2020, particularly in AdmiralBulldog’s and Forsen’s communities, and turned into copypasta and memes outside Twitch soon after.
Why you might see only the word
Like KEKW and POGGERS, Sadge is an extension emote. Without BetterTTV or FrankerFaceZ installed, viewers see the word. The word has outgrown the image: “sadge” is used on its own as an adjective, on Twitch and off it.
How it is used
As a reaction to bad news, a lost match, or a streamer saying goodnight. A wall of Sadge when a stream ends is a compliment.
Sources
Checked 2026-10-30.