Meaning of -gate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals.
   morpheme
2. Used to form place names.
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“"-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.”

“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."”

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