No more '-gate's!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’m bloody sick of ‘-gate’ being attached to every political scandal. The reason the Watergate Scandal had a ‘-gate’ in it was because the hotel was called The Watergate. But then we had ‘Koreagate’. Oh, how clever! Okay, it might have been ‘clever’ the first time; but -‘gate’ is entirely overused. ‘Contragate’? I’ve never heard of The Contragate Hotel. Gate, gate, gate, gate, gate! It bugs me. It’s been three decades since the Watergate investigation, and even today we have ‘Coingate’. :rolleyes:

Come on, Newsies; be original!

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I see your point, but I still think Nipplegate is funny

3

So what happens when the CEO of Microsoft is the subject of a scandal?

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Ironically, the media will refer to that scandal as “rhinocerous.”

5

I was surprised nobody called the Whitewater thing ‘Whitewatergate’. If anything lent itself to that suffix, this did.

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Er, they did. Where were you when that was going down?

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If there were a new Watergate Scandal, would it be called Watergategate?

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Waterworld. Kevin Costner would be indicted.

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Seriously? I didn’t hear it once, and was looking for it.

10

Now that’s a prosecution i could get behind.

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Stargate was pretty good. Not what I expected in a scandal, but good sci-fi cinema none the less.

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Amen! I was saying this 10 years ago.

It’s twice as irritating when it’s being used in countries that had nothing to do with the original Watergate.

Microsoftgate™ 2005 Sp3. Please include the version and service pack number to ensure compatability.

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They call it what, Ballmergate?

Sam

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My last employer built and installed the Ballmer gate.

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If the actress who played Dr. Crusher from ST:TNG had an affair with a certain MicroSoft founder would that be refered to as GatesGatesgate?

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My personal favorite? SF’s own Fajitagate!

:smiley:

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I’m with you. It’s just silly by now.

They made fun of it nicely on the Daily Show a couple days ago. Steven Colbert was talking about how Watergate was the scandal that made the ‘-gate’ suffix really take off, and how there was Teapot Domegate and Slaverygate…

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Well, it was funnier when they were doing it.

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I’m moving this thread to MPSIMS. I can’t think of any good -gate jokes, so insert your own.

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But it’s pronounced, “Throatwarbler Mangrove”

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We’ve got Belindagate and Grewelgate up here… can any Canucks think of any better?