# Sharpiegate

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A 2002 controversy where Terry Owens signed a football with a Sharpie hidden in his sock.
2. 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.
3. A conspiracy theory claiming that ballots marked with Sharpie pens were unfairly disqualified in the 2020 US presidential election.

## Etymology
From Sharpie + -gate, after the brand of pen.

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