-gate

Back-formation from Watergate; see there for more.

-gate

1. Combined with keywords to form the names of scandals.
   • 2009 June 22, Phillip Coorey; Annabel Crabb, Sydney Morning Herald:

     The Australian Federal Police revealed this afternoon that the email that sparked the so-called Utegate controversy was faked.

• Many of these terms are short-lived and few have long-lasting currency.

• → Chinese: 門／门 (calque)
  • → Mandarin: 門／门 (calque)
• → French: -gate
• → German: -gate
• → Korean: 게이트 (geiteu)

From Old English geat.

-gate

1. Used to form place names.

• “-gate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• EGTA, ETag, Geat, e-tag, geat, geta

From English -gate, from Watergate.

• IPA^(key): /ɡet/

-gate m (plural -gates)

1. -gate (forms names of scandals)
   • 2012 June 8, “Up & Down”, in Grazia:

     C'est un quasi «currygate» qu'a provoqué Kim en confessant son dégoût de la nourriture indienne.

     Kim Kardashian triggered a virtual ‘currygate’ by confessing her dislike of Indian food.

Borrowed from English -gate, from Watergate.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛɪ̯t/, /ɡeːt/

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-gate n

1. -gate (forms names of scandals)