Gamergate
A controversy that started in 2014, and happened primarily online, around issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture and harassment of women in the video game industry.
Proper noun
- A controversy that started in 2014, and happened primarily online, around issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture and harassment of women in the video game industry.
- Those who experienced the harassment firsthand warned that if not taken seriously, the behaviors underlying Gamergate would fester. - 2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the...
Origin
From gamer + -gate.