Gamergater

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Etymology

From Gamergate +‎ -er.

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Noun

Gamergater (plural Gamergaters)

  1. (neologism) A person involved in the Gamergate harassment campaign.
    • 2016, Alison Novak, Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age:
      He credits GamerGaters with organizing a revolt against a deeply unsatisfying marketplace by loyal consumers who deserve better.
    • 2016, Dan Golding, Leena van Deventer, Game Changers:
      Gamergaters have hurt people, and they've driven people out of games.
    • 2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times:
      "But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay."
    • 2016, Rebecca Ann Lind, Race and Gender in Electronic Media: Content, Context, Culture:
      Harassment campaigns using the hashtag #GamerGate claimed, in part, to be a response to ethical shortcomings in games journalism; many Gamergaters criticized what they call “social justice warriors” in the gaming industry []