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** ''Explanation:'' Attributed to Leigh Alexander, one of the writers involved in the initial stream of "Gamers are Dead" pieces in 2014 and directly responsible for the line "Gamers don't have to be your audience." The source of this particular meme comes from a series of tweets predating GG in which Leigh [http://thisisvideogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Bw0drqSCQAAB4us.jpg threatens another writer's career and reputation], including the phrase "I am a megaphone." The term has since come to describe not just her but SJWs in general and anyone abusing media to peddle ideological screeds.

* "Meow."

** ''Explanation:'' A reference to a peculiar trend of randomly and constantly posting cat sounds by users in the main pro-GG [[Reddit|subreddit]], KotakuInAction in back in 2014 and early 2015. It was done as a way of mocking the tendency among anti-GG to hunt for recurring words and terms on the subreddit to "prove" that pro-GG are a [[Straw Misogynist]] mob. These days, it's considered a [[Dead Horse Trope]] of sorts in ~~KotakuInAction~~.

** ''Explanation:'' A reference to a peculiar trend of randomly and constantly posting cat sounds by users in the main pro-GG [[Reddit|subreddit]], KotakuInAction back in 2014 and early 2015. It was done as a way of mocking the tendency among anti-GG to hunt for recurring words and terms on the subreddit to "prove" that pro-GG are a [[Straw Misogynist]] mob. These days, it's considered a [[Dead Horse Trope]] of sorts by the subreddit's users in general.

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