someguy3@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agoA scandal about Bill Gates would be called Bill Gates-gate.message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down134
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-squareA scandal about Bill Gates would be called Bill Gates-gate.someguy3@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareuphillbothways@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·7 months agoWatergate 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.
minus-squareEtienne_Dahu@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agoThank you, I hate this trend so much. I’d rather be called a gate-gatekeeping douche than see it spread even more.
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.
Thank you, I hate this trend so much. I’d rather be called a gate-gatekeeping douche than see it spread even more.
Dahu-gate