Gabe Newell

The co-founder and CEO of the video game studio known as Valve Software. Gabe serves as the unofficial face of Valve; the studio is widely associated with him and he is widely associated with the studio.

Valve are infamous for their long development cycles, with games that can be in development for as long as 9 years. Combined with frequent delays, these long development times have created the Valve time phenomenon.
Many in-jokes about these delays and long development times were formed. These jokes often make fun of the studio and Gabe himself, calling him lazy and mocking his weight. He is also pictured as a rather greedy man who wants to "keep Half Life 2 Episode 3 to himself" and commonly makes obscure excuses in order to delay it farther. One of the largest spin offs of this small meme is the nickname "Gaben".

Most users of these jokes are found in large Valve communities, such as the Team Fortress 2 community and the Half Life community.

Ex. 1:
A: "Why Valve aren't releasing Episode 3 yet?"
B: "Because Gabe Newell ate the Episode 3 game files."
Ex. 2:
A: "What happened to the new Left 4 Dead update? I should have been out almost 3 days ago!"
B: "Gabe delayed it again."

by TheYeIIowDucK June 7, 2011

Flag

Get the Gabe Newell mug.

gaben

Valve Software's Gabe Newell's Password for Half-Life Fallout. Was found out by one member and exploited into the "fake gold post" where the member posted as Gabe.

Person 1: Describe Valve Software in 1 word.
Person 2: Gaben!

by Lambda.core June 13, 2005

Flag

Get the gaben mug.

Gabe

A very good looking person who loves gaming and is very smart. You can rarely find games in North America. A Gabe has a strong sense of humour that can make someone's day. If you have found a Gabe, you must value of it and care for it the rest of your life. Gabes are quite awesome.

A Gabe walked into the room and half of the people noticed him.

by E_is_for_me October 18, 2012

Flag

Get the Gabe mug.

Gabee

A beautiful, smart, amazing girl with a killer smile and big brown eyes. She is loud, sometimes obnoxious, funny as hell, is really nice, and is just all around amazing. She is the best girl a guy could ever have and any guy lucky enough to have her should keep her around for a very long time.

Dude, I had the most amazing time with Gabee yesterday, I love her so much. She's amazing.

by OverdoneMold August 23, 2011

Flag

Get the Gabee mug.

gabe erwin

a very underrated youtuber who became famous from his vine account that had over one million followers before the app was shut down

"whatcha watchin'?"
"gabe erwin."
"who is that?"
*shows one of his vines*
"ohhhh."

by reprobi December 3, 2018

Flag

Get the gabe erwin mug.

st gabes

basically an obsessed praying catholic school that loses about ten kids every year. if your kid likes to pray at school for ten hours, i recommend it to them. the kids that leave the school usually go to riverside, mentor, or some weird school on the west side. don't be surprised if you see the bathroom doors being kicked and the soap dispensers being taken apart.

honestly i don't know how this school is even still open... read the example below if you want to know what i'm talking about:

first grade: 130 kids
fifth grade 122 kids
six grade: 75 kids
eighth grade: 47 kids
person1: this explains the definition of st gabes and a school closure

by jackbehumblejackbequick September 25, 2018

Flag