The use of the suffix "gate" to indicate a scandal

[lcg]

I was thinking about this the other day, and yes, it gets on my nerves too.

 

[Beasty]

I liked nipplegate. Nipplegate — Justin Timberlake reveals Janet Jackson's nipple during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII

 

[Gaidin109]

Huddygate


The scandel of when my Mrs made me take the back exit!

I think she wanted you to leave via the back door to the house rather than what you assumed she meant

 

[RobH]

 

[LizardKing]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-gate#Widely_recognized_scandals_with_a_-gate_suffix

I'm impressed, there seems to be a wiki for almost anything these days

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Huddygate


The scandel of when my Mrs made me take the back exit!

I can only assume she had company coming round and is ashamed of you?

 

[Souljacker]

Gatecrashergate

 

[Participant]

Crapthreadgate!

 

[Cosimo]

LOLgate.

 

[SlyReaper]

I'm just waiting for a scandal to emerge about gates.

Gategate.

 

[-BA-]

What about Gazza's famous pub crawl that result in his surgical removal from a sheep? Think it was called FiveBarGate from memory

 

[MajorMaccas]

LMAO at mitchell + webb!