BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA scandal about Bill Gates would be called Bill Gates-gate.message-square29fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down132
arrow-up1186arrow-down1message-squareA scandal about Bill Gates would be called Bill Gates-gate.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareuphillbothways@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·1 year 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-up4arrow-down1·1 year 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.