I was kinda hoping that in the current era, political scandals would get a new suffix. Watergate happened 50 years ago, so popular first-hand memory of it is waning.
There was a moment when I thought we could transition to [scandal]-a-lago, but it never happened.
Watergate is just the name of a hotel/shop/office complex in DC. The Watergate scandal had nothing to do with water, it's just named after the place where it occurred. The -gate suffix for scandals is dumb.
Matt Gaetz tried that shit a few years ago when his taste in younger women (and maybe men, who knows) came to light, but I was really hoping people would have gone with "Pizza-Gaetz" just because it was more clever and pointed out that he was a sex trafficker to a minor.
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habanhero@lemmy.ca · 39 pts · 2y
Up next after Elongate
indepndnt@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
I hope no one ever seriously uses that, because he suggested it himself.
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc · 8 pts · 2y
Melongate then.
idiomaddict@feddit.de · 4 pts · 2y
I hope that’s what we call the media storm that occurs after we find out that he underwent surgery to lengthen himself.
cbarrick@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Billgate
Gamers_Mate@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah you can just remove the S from Bill Gates and it works.
Also if he was a Goat he would Either be Bill Goats Or Billy Gates.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 2y
A scandal involving a gate owned by Bill Gates would be called Gates' gate-gate.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one · 11 pts · 2y
A law banning Bill Gates gate scandals would be called: Bill Gates gate-gate bill.
Nougat@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
And if someone was caught taking bribes to vote a certain way about that, it would be Bill Gates gate-gate bill-gate.
ShunkW@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
If the scandal was a hoax it would be Bill Gates gate-gate-gate
thomasloven@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
A scandal involving Bill Gates riding a horse through a gate might be called Bill Gates’ gate-gait-gate.
Carighan@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
If it is about multiple scandals all involving countfeit money, they'd collectively be Bill Gates' Billgates.
remotelove@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
What about if he buys fence gates with that fake money?
Bill Gates Gate Bill-gate.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
If it's for fence gates to a Shoebill enclosure?
Bill Gates' 'Bill Gates Bill-Gate
hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social · 13 pts · 2y
I was kinda hoping that in the current era, political scandals would get a new suffix. Watergate happened 50 years ago, so popular first-hand memory of it is waning.
There was a moment when I thought we could transition to [scandal]-a-lago, but it never happened.
metaStatic@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
maybe when independent inquires into government start happening again you'll uncover a scandal that can take the mantle.
I'll just be over here holding my breath.
9point6@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Hey man, the dream isn't dead
CptBread@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
No. It will be called Waterbill.
db2@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Gatesgate. Put down the bong dude.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 2y
db2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
uphillbothways@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
Watergate is just the name of a hotel/shop/office complex in DC. The Watergate scandal had nothing to do with water, it's just named after the place where it occurred. The -gate suffix for scandals is dumb.
Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 2y
Thank you, I hate this trend so much. I'd rather be called a gate-gatekeeping douche than see it spread even more.
TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Dahu-gate
theodewere@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
a scandal involving paper money could be a Bills Gate
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Bill Gate²
someguy3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Bill Gates²÷s
Oszilloraptor@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
Bills Gate
Klear@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Relevant Mitchell and Webb
lingh0e@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Beat me to it.
Unaware7013@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
Matt Gaetz tried that shit a few years ago when his taste in younger women (and maybe men, who knows) came to light, but I was really hoping people would have gone with "Pizza-Gaetz" just because it was more clever and pointed out that he was a sex trafficker to a minor.
Michal@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
Why not Bill Watergates?
Alwaysfallingupyup@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Bill Windowgates
spudwart@spudwart.com · 1 pts · 2y