Who Invented the word "Gate"

[phil2004uk]

All I hear is "Spit Gate" and now "Crisp Gate"
Who the feck just invented it, it happened in school too, all of a sudden people started saying a new word as if I had missed soemething

[InOne]

I hate it, it popped up around BB10 time.

[fingers]

Suggest Google could be your friend, or just study the history of the late 20th Century!

[Niall]

No, people have been saying it for a while, its just another way of saying fight.

[Stacey.]

I don't even get why it is -gate.

[billy123]

its been around since the 70,s when nixon wasnt entirely truthful about a burglary that happened at a place called watergate

[vesavius]

All I hear is "Spit Gate" and now "Crisp Gate"
Who the feck just invented it, it happened in school too, all of a sudden people started saying a new word as if I had missed soemething


Originates from this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

Became used for other stuff with 'camillagate' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillagate#Relationship_with_the_Prince_of_Wales

[dirtyvileHARRYuk]

hello you lot < well my name is joe and what they mean by gate is episode ? like if there is a fight over a pizza they will call it pizzagate or a row over wine winegate < hope that exsplains/. i am going to go and think of some poetrygate now so be back late and on the way out > close the GATE please lol

[WOMBAI]

Now we have Hategate - with all this hate for Sunshine over the jj/water incident!

[phil2004uk]

Thanks guys :)

[billy123]

Now we have Hategate - with all this hate for Sunshine over the jj/water incident!
mingegate

[Niall]

Now we have Hategate - with all this hate for Sunshine over the jj/water incident!

She was hated before gashgate actually lol! :thumbs:

[fingers]

its been around since the 70,s when nixon wasnt entirely truthful about a burglary that happened at a place called watergate

You're wasting your time, they don't really want to know or they'd have paid attention in History class.

[Oooo_get_her]

Dear Lord!! you people are (bar fingers) just not out there, are you?

June 17th 1972 5 men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington DC. A scandal ensued when it was discovered these men worked for the Republicans and the scandal was known as the Watergate affair.

Since then many US political scandals have been given the affix -gate. Irangate, White Watergate, etc..

EDIT: OK - so others got there while I was typing.... but seriously, to the folks who don;t know, you are sitting at a computer - just Google it!!

[vesavius]

Now we have Hategate - with all this hate for Sunshine over the jj/water incident!

victimgate! :joker:

[BB_Eye]

It's taken from the Watergate scandal.

The first use of it in Big Brother that I can remember is "Watergate" in BB7 when Grace chucked water over Suzie during her eviction.

[phil2004uk]

You're wasting your time, they don't really want to know or they'd have paid attention in History class.

I did want to know, and we didn't have american history, just WWII and a Gas Shortage, oh no that was Austin Powers :hugesmile:
But Yes I did want to know still :)

[Niall]

You're wasting your time, they don't really want to know or they'd have paid attention in History class.

I took GCSE History and we aren't being taught about watergate. Not always the person's fault for not knowing about something.

[vesavius]

I did want to know, and we didn't have american history, just WWII and a Gas Shortage, oh no that was Austin Powers :hugesmile:
But Yes I did want to know still :)

Don't worry about them, it's fine to ask questions :)

[phil2004uk]

I took GCSE History and we aren't being taught about watergate. Not always the person's fault for not knowing about something.

Thankyou :blush:

[Nemo123]

It's taken from the Watergate scandal.

The first use of it in Big Brother that I can remember is "Watergate" in BB7 when Grace chucked water over Suzie during her eviction.

I think scab-gate, BB6 preceeded that.

[Niall]

Thankyou :blush:

Its cool! :thumbs:

[GiRTh]

Fu*ck me. Do any of you go to school. As vesavious pointed out is has to do with the Watergate scandal of the mid 70' where President Nixon was complicit in a break in done by his supporters to try and dig up dirt on the other party. When the investigation ensued it seemed that senior figures in his party were aware if not complicit of these illegal activities. This reflected very badly on the then President.

The scandal broke and Nixon was forced to resign as president. Since then any major scandal gets the word gate added to in reference to the scandal.

There more to it but thats it in a nutshell. Find out more at the various links supplied. Not that you all will, of course, in stead of using the internet for educational purposes you'd all rather spam garbage on here.

[phil2004uk]

Don't worry about them, it's fine to ask questions :)

hehe, thanks :) I know, so many people on forums moan at a question being asked, heck, that's what forums are for lol...If pilots never asked questions to Refresh themselves, they'd be falling out of the sky :hugesmile:

[fingers]

I did want to know, and we didn't have american history, just WWII and a Gas Shortage, oh no that was Austin Powers :hugesmile:
But Yes I did want to know still :)

"Oo get her" put it clearly for you, and i didn't necessarily mean you.

[eviled2010]

All I hear is "Spit Gate" and now "Crisp Gate"
Who the feck just invented it, it happened in school too, all of a sudden people started saying a new word as if I had missed soemething

Hmmm, a case of Gategate methinks!
:elephant:

[Niall]

Hmmm, a case of Gategate methinks!
:elephant:

:joker:

[phil2004uk]

Hmmm, a case of Gategate methinks!
:elephant:

:spin: