Scandals Given "-gate" Names
From Wikipedia. The suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of U.S. President...
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From Wikipedia. The suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Since the Watergate scandal, the media has often referred to social or political scandals by adding the suffix "-gate" to one of the key words used to describe the scandal. Widely recognized scandals with a "-gate" suffix name: Attorneygate—
