(entomology) A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
Used in a Sentence
gamergate
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gamergate.
Editorial note
Claims to gamer authenticity + #GamerGate = GamerGate supporter, in my perception.
Examples19
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(entomology) A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of gamergate gathered in one view.
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.
Alternative letter-case form of 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.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for gamergate.
noun
(entomology) A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
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.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of 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.]
Example sentences
Claims to gamer authenticity + #GamerGate = GamerGate supporter, in my perception.
Note that this is only 8 days after the first two (and only two at the time) #gamergate tweets.
But you are only screwing us over by associating us with GamerGate, anti-feminism and all that crap.
The worst that would happen is what's happening in GamerGate right now: a split along ideological lines.
You forgot the Men's Rights Advocates and Gamergate brigades which immediately show up with posts like yours.
It doesn't look to me like many, if any, of those uses of #gamergate are using it positively (or negatively).
They deleted a GamerGate repo then went on twitter to gloat about it.
Neither of them are using #gamergate as a tag to classify the tweet.
Nothing shows this better than Pao and GamerGate coverage the last few years.
Worse still, the typical #GamerGate poster is so consistently well-behaved that opposing commentators have relied on false-flag campaigns, one famously by a Gawker Media employee.
It's about an Instructables project of his mysteriously disappearing, and he hopes it has nothing to do with some people thinking he is related to gamergate.
Staying out of other peoples' business was not an option with GamerGate, and I'm afraid it will not be an option in the future.
Quote examples
You can comment about GamerGate using #GamerGate, but if you use "#NotYourShield", the impression you create with me is that you're one of them.
* Most of his #GamerGate tweets weren't about GamerGate, but rather about how he's a "true" gamer.
There are no more tweets with "gamergate" in them until nearly 6 months later.
Context matters: this is all happening around the same time as the tail-end of things like "Gamergate" and the whole Hugo Awards mess thing.
Proper noun examples
It's an article from one of the individuals involved in the catalyzing of Gamergate, how is that going to be balanced?
Gamergate is some bizarre internet misogynist media panic from last year.
Gamergate provided a mass distraction for the people.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use gamergate in a sentence?
Claims to gamer authenticity + #GamerGate = GamerGate supporter, in my perception.
What does gamergate mean?
(entomology) A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
What part of speech is gamergate?
gamergate is commonly used as noun.