Word Gating

The use of technical terms or over-complicated language as a tool to; Make yourself seem smarter than you actually are or to gate certain individuals from understanding your work who would otherwise understand,

"I want to enjoy reading this but I'm just being word gated. And I just don't understand what is being said."

"I want to get into this industry but the sheer amount of word gating makes it difficult."

by MisinformedOwl February 20, 2023

Color Gating

Gate keeping things from certain color people.

Daniel Kim: You aren’t allow to eat rice.
Ben Smith: Why? Are you color gating me?

by anonymous July 4, 2024

Color Gating

Gate keeping things from certain color people.

Daniel Kim: You aren’t allow to eat rice.
: Why? Are you color gating me?

by anonymous July 4, 2024

Grief Gating

The act of selectively mourning the death of someone based on their political or ideological alignment, while ignoring or rationalizing the deaths of those outside one’s tribe. A form of emotional compartmentalization that reveals unconscious bias in expressions of empathy.

When the invited speaker was killed, the campus held vigils and posted tributes. But when a student protester died last year, barely anyone mentioned it. That’s grief gating—mourning filtered through ideological lenses.

by Briton Phillip September 11, 2025

Queer-gating

When you and your significant other hide your queerness from others. Not like queerbaiting at all, instead it’s acting straight instead of queer.

To gate-keep one’s queerness from others.

When you’re gay but can’t show public affection to your significant other you are “queer-gating”.

by lost thinker December 14, 2025

Queer-gating

When you and your significant other hide your queerness from others. Not like queerbaiting at all, instead it’s acting straight instead of queer.

To gate-keep one’s queerness from others.

When you’re gay but can’t show public affection to your significant other you are “queer-gating”.

by lost thinker December 14, 2025

Bust a Gatlin

When you beat a mother fuckers ass while clocked in at work.

I had to “ bust a Gatlin” on Freddie for the shit he was talking on Monday

by Big dawg bear November 30, 2023