It is a song (a single) that brings people in to listen and causes them to explore the band/genre after listening. After getting into the band/genre, the gateway song does not seem as great anymore. Those kinds of songs are identified with the band and are usually not as great as the other songs that the band has written. Not to be confused with songs that are one-hit wonders.
Guy 1: Welcome Home is an awesome song by Coheed and Cambria.
Guy 2: Dude, that song sucks. It's just a gateway song. They have way better songs.
Guy 2: Dude, that song sucks. It's just a gateway song. They have way better songs.
by thetakedown August 14, 2010
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Rick: Dude, Amanda's hot.
Steve: Stay away from her! She's a gateway fatty!
Rick: But she's hot!
Steve: Yes, she is! And if you sleep with her, next thing you know you'll be sleeping with girls twice her size!
Steve: Stay away from her! She's a gateway fatty!
Rick: But she's hot!
Steve: Yes, she is! And if you sleep with her, next thing you know you'll be sleeping with girls twice her size!
by Mike March 19, 2008
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That one friend of the group you want to be a part of, may be the ugly one or fat one. They instantly accept you due to low self esteem and you then take steps to move from fatty or ugly to the attractive ones or fun ones.
J: Hey I'm hangin with Lisa after work
K: Eww dude, shes like 350 lbs!
J: Don't worry, shes just my Gateway Friend. I'm getting closer to Vanessa and Kylie
K: Eww dude, shes like 350 lbs!
J: Don't worry, shes just my Gateway Friend. I'm getting closer to Vanessa and Kylie
by Santiago Falcon April 24, 2009
Get the Gateway Friend mug.1. The only video you have the intention of watching when you get on YouTube at any given time. Which then turns into three lost hours you'll never get back.
2. When you have a really great YouTube video to show someone and you make them watch it. Then they suggest one. Which reminds you of one your friend showed you. Three hours later, you're still on YouTube. All because of that first gateway video.
2. When you have a really great YouTube video to show someone and you make them watch it. Then they suggest one. Which reminds you of one your friend showed you. Three hours later, you're still on YouTube. All because of that first gateway video.
Dude, where have you been?
Sorry, bro. I was on YouTube for like three hours. I clicked on a link and it was a total gateway video. I couldn't stop.
Sorry, bro. I was on YouTube for like three hours. I clicked on a link and it was a total gateway video. I couldn't stop.
by tedwylie October 17, 2011
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Get the Gateway hooker mug.Very similar to "gateway drug theory" which is the theory that the use of less harmful drugs may lead to a future risk of using more dangerous hard drugs except the addict moves from more common chat systems like whatsApp, Skype etc back to more older and dangerous ones like BBM Chat.
Guy1: Omg omg omg! BBM is for Android now!
Guy2: So?
Guy1: I need to get it a hit of that BBM again!
Guy2: Ok then..... that;s Gateway Messenger Theory you suffer from.
Guy2: So?
Guy1: I need to get it a hit of that BBM again!
Guy2: Ok then..... that;s Gateway Messenger Theory you suffer from.
by neoraj3.0 October 21, 2013
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