A Canceling - In fighting games, a cancel is like interrupting your friend

In fighting games, a cancel is like interrupting your friend mid-sentence to say something even dumber.

In fighting games, I canceled my attack with a punch and then got knocked out. My friend said 'You're not even a real fighter.'

I canceled my combo with a spinning kick and landed a punch. My friend was confused and then got knocked out.

My friend canceled my attack and then did a combo that knocked me out. I said 'That was the worst cancel ever.'