Comment on A scandal about Bill Gates would be called Bill Gates-gate.

uphillbothways@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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.

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