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Etymology edit

Weiner +‎ -gate

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Proper noun edit

Weinergate

  1. (US politics, slang) A sexting scandal of 2011, involving US politician Anthony Weiner.
    • 2015, Mark Y. Herring, Social Media and the Good Life: Do They Connect?, page 30:
      The now familiar story not only didn't go away, mainly because it was true, but it also morphed into what came to be called Weinergate, cashing in on the congressman's most unfortunate surname.