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archiemac | 21:56 Thu 08th Mar 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why is the suffix 'gate' used to signify a scandal?
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Probably because of that whole Richard Nixon scandal, which took place at the Watergate Hotel. Or something like that.
22:36 Thu 08th Mar 2001
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just a foolish guess; the flood 'gates' are opening for other scandals relating to that person or persons?
18:38 Sat 10th Mar 2001
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Just to clarify: it was the Watergate building, not hotel, used by the democrats during the 1972 election, and raided by Nixon's republicans who planted bugs, etc.
16:00 Fri 16th Mar 2001

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