-gate
-gate is a suffix used to denote scandals . It goes back to the Watergate affair , which led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974 . This was named after the Watergate building complex . In 2013 -gate was voted Anglicism of the Year .
Other scandals with the ending "-gate" are:
- Koreagate (1976)
- Muldergate Affair (1977)
- Ponygate Scandal (1986)
- Irangate for the Iran-Contra Affair (1986)
- Waterkantgate for Barschel Affair (1987)
- Squidgygate (1992)
- Nannygate (1993)
- Rywingate for Rywin Affair (2002)
- Nipplegate (2004)
- Climategate for the hacker incident at the University of East Anglia's climate research center (2009)
- Rubygate for Ruby Affair (2010)
- Cablegate for WikiLeaks' publication of cables from US embassies (2010)
- Antennagate (reception problems, 2010) or Bentgate (stability problems, 2014) on the Apple iPhone
- Coalgate (2012)
- Täschligate of Oprah Winfrey for racism allegations (2013)
- Bombergate (2014)
- Toilet Gate (2014)
- Deflategate, an under-inflated ball scandal in the 2014 AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts
- Bendgate (2014)
- Dieselgate (2015)
- Trumpgate (2016)
- Strippergate (2018)
- Champagnergate (2018)
- Ibizagate for Ibiza Affair (2019)
- Rezo-gate (2019)
In the field of chess , two incidents during world championships were given the ending:
- Toiletgate , the accusation that the classic world champion used the toilet too often, the consequences of which almost led to the match being abandoned (2006)
- Videogate , the posting and deletion of a two-minute video with the alleged preparation of the challenger (2018)