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

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

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

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

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

jerb 

well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!

Them future folk took ouare jerbs!

jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005

Cheeks 

An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)

"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."

Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020