# Straight-Dope-Message-Boards-gate The worst use of the suffix "gate" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 17, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559 "2002-06-17T18:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/21 "2002-06-18T07:09:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*\*december \*\* > > Perhaps some kind mod would move this post up to the front? Sorry, no can do. The software orders the post by time-date stamp. We can’t move them around. **DrMatrix** - Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/22 "2002-06-18T08:11:30Z")
What about our cherished residents? Let’s see, there is… [**Profli-gate**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=84229). [**This Place Is So Close To Being Great, But Instead Is Filled With Hate-gate**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=96450). And of course, the greatest SDMB cover-up of them all, [**Mastergate**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75222&highlight=Cecil+AND+adams). ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/23 "2002-06-18T13:21:45Z")
Or the scandal of the visit to a London art gallery where Titanic star Ms Winslet was left waiting for 45 minutes by a friend: **Kate-Tate-Date-Mate-Wait-Gate** ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/24 "2002-06-18T13:28:07Z")
I keep waiting for Anne Murray to get involved in some awful scandal so we can have a **Spread Your Tiny Wings and Fly aGate**. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/25 "2002-06-18T13:38:30Z")
A gate in the new Israel/Palestine fence? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/26 "2002-06-18T15:44:10Z")
Seeing as how Watergate wasn’t a scandal about water, why is this annoying phrase beaten into the ground with every scandal? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/27 "2002-06-18T15:49:19Z")
Seeing as how Watergate wasn’t a scandal about water, why is this annoying phrase beaten into the ground with every scandal? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/28 "2002-06-19T01:10:12Z")
I seem to remember that when Jim Bakker was charged with sexual assualt, and he and Tammy were both charged with tax evasion, some wags called the situation “Heavensgate” or “Pearlygate”. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559/29 "2002-06-19T15:25:19Z")
There is the continuing drama of ‘Double-post gate’ or the frequent threads about Microsoft and ‘Bill Gates gate’ or the scandal of the revolving door for Diplomacy players in ‘Nate gate’ or all those ridiculous flirt threads and ‘Mate gate’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-message-boards-gate-the-worst-use-of-the-suffix-gate/114559.md?page=1)