Gamergate

A word used to describe the events following on from an otherwise minor scandal, where rumors that a games journalist had a relationship with a developer that he hadn't disclosed during his coverage were met with a series of articles from across the specialized gaming press, in an apparent attempt to demonize their own readership, coordinated behind the scenes on a secret mailing list.

Gamergate represented a massive failure of journalistic ethics and was responsible for a number of people losing trust in games related media and even the wider news industry.

Gamergate by Strawberry Stupidity September 8, 2019

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gamergate

an ant that takes on the position of queen ant after the existing queen ant dies.

The queen ant is different. That must be a gamergate.

gamergate by uttam maharjan August 29, 2010

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Gamergate

A conserversy surrounding zoey quinn aleged to have slept with a games journalist. Causing years of debates on whether or not if she did or not

Oh gamergate? I think its a huge conspiracy

Gamergate by Zikitool September 8, 2019

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GamerGated

When a someone creates something requiring significant understanding of tech and someone questions the authenticity and/or integrity of that individual.

Some User: "You" aren't even real. You're just the marketing person paid to make the software sound good.
Me: I literally spent weeks livestreaming the development of this software. I can't believe you GamerGated me like that.

GamerGated by mechaGrey November 5, 2017

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Stealthie

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.

FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"

Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016

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Summer Teeth

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.

Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...

Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012

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Grindset

The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.

“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”

Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026

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