Meanings
nounPizzagater (plural Pizzagaters)
plural Pizzagaters
- slangA person who believes in the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
The pregame crew then showed a pair of faux-Super Bowl ads, including an unnecessarily woke Cheez-It commercial and a Papa John’s ad that fully embraces Pizzagaters.
2021 February 7, Daniel Kreps, “Watch ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skewer Super Bowl Sunday”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2022
Origin
- Medieval Greekπίτα (píta)
- Neapolitanpizza
- Englishpizza
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Germanic*watōr
- Proto-West Germanic*watar
- Old Englishwæter
- Middle Englishwater
- Englishwater
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰe(n)d-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-eti
- Proto-Germanic*getaną
- Proto-Germanic*gatą
- Proto-West Germanic*gat
- Old Englishġeat
- Middle Englishgate
- Englishgate
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
- Proto-Indo-European*pótis
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
- Proto-Italic*hostipotis
- Latinhospes
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinhospitālis
- Old Frenchostel
- Middle Frenchhostel
- Frenchhôte
- Englishhotel
- EnglishWatergate Hotel
- EnglishWatergatebf.
- EnglishPizzagate
- EnglishPizzagater
From Pizzagate + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Pizzagater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pizzagater
MLA
“Pizzagater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pizzagater. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pizzagater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pizzagater.
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