more -gates

[Jonathan Lighter]

Then there was Newt Gingrich's "mategate."

Donald Trump's "pategate."

Mark Sanford's "dategate."

Jim McGreevey's "straightgate."

The Royal Family's possible "Kategate."



Or am I inventing that?

Watch for (among others):

hategate
stategate
slategate
rategate
lategate
freightgate
Tategate
weightgate
baitgate
traitgate

I'm not looking forward to a royal Kategate or an existential Fategate,
however.

JL

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu>wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
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> >> The "slutgate" has already gone by, in case you missed it.
> >>
> >> Now we have the overheating iPads 3s that are being dubbed "heatgate".
> >
> > "Crate-gate."
> >
> > Mitt's doggie-transport scandal.
> >
> > "Watergate" was in 1972. Please, please let this crap die!
>
> Today, of course, brought Etch-a-Sketch-gate.
>
> --bgz
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