Sharpiegate

التعريفات والمعاني

== English == === Etymology === From Sharpie +‎ -gate, after the brand of pen. === Proper noun === Sharpiegate (American football, informal) A 2002 controversy where Terry Owens signed a football with a Sharpie hidden in his sock. (informal) A 2019 controversy around US president Donald Trump presenting a modified weather map indicating that Alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian, in opposition to official forecasts. (informal) A conspiracy theory claiming that ballots marked with Sharpie pens were unfairly disqualified in the 2020 US presidential election.