-gate

See also: gate, Gate, GATE, gâte, gatë, gåte, gatě, and gâté

English

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List of "-gate" scandals and controversies

Etymology 1

Back-formation from Watergate, an American political scandal from 1972–1974 which led to resignation of president Richard Nixon. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the suffix first appeared in a 1973 article in the National Lampoon magazine which referenced a rumoured "Volgagate".^[1] The suffix was promoted by New York Times columnist William Safire, who coined several -gate words beginning in 1974.

Suffix

-gate

Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals.
- 2014 January 15, Alex Seitz-Wald, “How to Name a Scandal: What is a ’- Gate’ and What Is a ’-Ghazi’?”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 April 2021:
  "-Ghazi" also shares convenient linguistic parallels with "-gate." They're both scandals that typify their category; they're both location names; they both start with the letter "g"; and they are both short enough to be used in headlines and attached to nouns identifying the scandal.
- 2022 March 30, Tatum Hunter, “How to leave a bad online review without being a jerk”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 March 2022:
  Back in college, [Maddi] Filliater said she tweeted at a local sandwich shop about some alleged brown lettuce, and the business responded angrily: Why didn't she bring up the problem in person instead of attacking them on the Internet? Her friends refer to the incident as "LettuceGate."

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -gate

Choi Soon-sil-gate

Descendants

→ Chinese: 門 / 门 (mén) (semantic loan)
→ French: -gate
→ German: -gate
→ Korean: 게이트 (geiteu)

Translations

component in names of scandals

Bulgarian: -гейт m (-gejt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 門 / 门 (zh) (mén)
French: -gate (fr) m
German: -gate (de) n
Italian: -opoli f
Korean: 게이트 (geiteu)
Portuguese: -lão m

See also

-ghazi

Etymology 2

From Old English geat.

Suffix

-gate

Used to form place names.

References

^ “gate, combform.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

“-gate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“-gate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“-gate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

EGTA, ETag, Geat, e-tag, geat, geta

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English -gate, from Watergate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɛt/

Suffix

-gate m (plural -gates)

-gate (forms names of scandals)
- 2012 June 8, “Up & Down”, in Grazia:
  C’est un quasi «currygate» qu’a provoqué Kim en confessant son dégoût de la nourriture indienne.
  Kim Kardashian triggered a virtual ‘currygate’ by confessing her dislike of Indian food.

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -gate

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English -gate, from Watergate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɛɪ̯t/, /ɡeːt/
Audio: (file)

Suffix

-gate n

-gate (forms names of scandals)

Derived terms

de:-gate

German terms suffixed with -gate

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