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Meaning of -gate




furoya

-gate
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In principle gate means "entrance, portal, entrance", and is a compositional element in several proper names. But since the political scandal of the so-called 'Watergate case' for which US President Richard Nixon resigned, the suffix '-gate' was used as an "affair, scandal" in any corruption case discovered by the press or other means of dissemination.

  




furoya

It is actually English, where gate means "entrance, portal, entrance". But since the political scandal of the so-called 'Watergate case' for which US President Richard Nixon resigned, the suffix '-gate' was used as an "affair" in any case of corruption discovered by the press or any other media outlet. See english/gate .

  



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