“Since the Watergate scandal, the media has on occasion [*cough*] referred to social or political scandals by adding the suffix “-gate” to one of the key words used to describe the scandal. This new label has sometimes stuck but often a new name is used. The process is known as -gate construction.”
Has everyone in the media lost their ability to think up new and catchy names?
List of scandals with “-gate” suffix to prove my point.
49 Widely recognized scandals with a -gate suffix, and another 65 Less well-known scandals with a -gate suffix, or scandals that are in dispute of having a -gate suffix (some repeats of names for different events)
I noticed that there are about hte same number of “gates” involving Republicans as there are Formula One drivers or is that redundancy?
That is ridiculous and goes with the other over used works like “..at the end of the day…” and “absolutely” and so many more.
If there is a controversy surrounding a gate, do they call it a “gate gate?”