BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agoA scandal about Bill Gates would be called Bill Gates-gate.message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down134
arrow-up1187arrow-down1message-squareA scandal about Bill Gates would be called Bill Gates-gate.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareuphillbothways@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down3·11 months agoWatergate is just the name of a hotel/shop/office complex in DC. The Watergate scandal had nothing to do with water, it’s just named after the place where it occurred. The -gate suffix for scandals is dumb.
Watergate is just the name of a hotel/shop/office complex in DC. The Watergate scandal had nothing to do with water, it’s just named after the place where it occurred. The -gate suffix for scandals is dumb.