Instantgate ins-Taint-gat verb 1. Innapropriately attempt to reignite a relationship through social media. "We are five days into Instantgate and the president is still claiming that they do not have a Pinder account. The president has now added that if they did they would not have swiped right on anyone with whom they had formerly traded sexual favors for money." -Fixaw, Tomás. "News 4 Yous".