Meaning of Fartgate | Babel Free

Definitions

Any controversy involving flatulence.

informal

Examples

“When a sport is rocked by "fartgate", the only thing the person in charge can do is laugh⟳.”

“Mr. Anderson was accused last⟳ month of passing gas so pungent it threw his opponent off, an incident soon dubbed Fartgate.”

“This, reader, is where the true meaning of #Fartgate came alive. Arguing over who flatulated on MSNBC—or whether anyone did at all—isn’t the point⟳. The point⟳ is that Twitter used to be about goofing off and making each other laugh⟳.”

“The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon ran with it, a little sheepishly. "The other big political story is that the hashtag #Fartgate was trending yesterday after people thought Rep. Eric Swalwell may have⟳ passed gas on live⟳ TV," he said.”

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