# Pizzagate

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,108

## Definitions
1. A 2004 controversy around the alleged throwing of food (variously reported as pizza, soup, or coffee) at Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson by an unknown Arsenal player after a match between those two teams.
2. A 2016 conspiracy theory claiming that John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, was involved in human trafficking, and alleging the existence of a secret child sex ring associated with the Comet Ping Pong restaurant in Washington, D.C.

## Etymology
From pizza + -gate.

## Common misspellings (11)
`ipzzagate`, `pizagate`, `pizazgate`, `pizzaagte`, `pizzagaet`, `pizzagatte`, `pizzaggate`, `pizzagtae`, `pizzgaate`, `ppizzagate`, `pzizagate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pizzagate