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Collargate

Collargate proper noun: a 2025 controversy within the Twitch community involving American streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker, who was accused of using a shock collar on his dog Kaya.

Proper noun

Collargate

  1. (Internet) A 2025 controversy within the Twitch community involving American streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker, who was accused of using a shock collar on his dog Kaya.
    • As the footage continues to circulate, HasanAbi has not publicly addressed the latest claims, though the controversy — dubbed "CollarGate" — continues to divide the streaming community.[2025 October 13, “HasanAbi animal abuse scandal deepens as new alleged evidence emerges about shock collar use”, in The Express Tribune, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026
    • Felix "xQc" has been a prime figure in the analytical side of the CollarGate controversy. Throughout every stage of the drama, he transformed into his "debunker" persona to test the validity of HasanAbi's claim.2025 October 14, Vishnu Menon, “"There's a setting for vibrate, there's a setting for shock": QTCinederella^([sic – meaning QTCinderella]) provides details about the dog collar HasanAbi uses”, in...
    Synonyms:
    Dogtober 7th

Examples of Collargate in a sentence

  • Vice President JD Vance has become an unexpected voice in the ongoing "Collargate" debate surrounding Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.2025 October 30, “U.S. Vice President JD Vance comments on Hasan Piker's dog collar controversy”, in The Times Of India, Mumbai: Bennet...
  • xQc, QT, Jynxzi, Sketch, and more do a Collargate prompt in Gartic Phone2026 January 30, @Awk20000, X (post), archived from the original on 31 Jan 2026:

Synonyms of Collargate

Origin of Collargate

From collar + -gate.

Questions about Collargate

What does Collargate mean?
Collargate means a 2025 controversy within the Twitch community involving American streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker, who was accused of using a shock collar on his dog Kaya.
How do you use Collargate in a sentence?
Vice President JD Vance has become an unexpected voice in the ongoing "Collargate" debate surrounding Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.
What part of speech is Collargate?
Collargate is a proper noun.

Words near Collargate in the dictionary

  1. collaret
  2. collareth
  3. collarets
  4. collarette
  5. collarettes
  6. Collargate
  7. collargol
  8. Collaries
  9. collaring
  10. collaring the bowling
  11. collaring up

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