-gate

[Victor Steinbok]

According to MediaBistro, there's now yet another -gate. Newly crowned
NYC Mayor was caught on camera eating pizza with a fork, which is
sacrilege in NYC. Appropriately, the affair has been dubbed "forkgate",
lack of coverup notwithstanding...

     VS-)

On 1/10/2014 7:52 PM, W Brewer wrote:
> LH: <<combo-gates, Underwatergate, Pearlygate, Whitewatergate. ...
> overlaps>>
> WB: wikip: Coalgate, Billygate; Crashgate; DickCheneyshotaguyinthefacegate.
> Is <*Tailgate> really unattested? Begs for a nice, sleazy sex scandal.

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