[oxy80]

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[LoadOfDross]

Lol is this when Roddy couldn't stop laughing at Bea.


Btw why do people always add "gate" at the end. What does it mean.

[eggdavid]

^ in the uk an important scandal has "-gate" added, like when noirin was pissed about the rabbit comment people called it Rabbitgate

[Brad.]

Originally posted by eggdavid
^ in the uk an important scandal has "-gate" added, like when noirin was p****d about the rabbit comment people called it Rabbitgate

LOL i think the "gate" added onto everything is pathetic lol

[Princess]

Originally posted by LoadOfDross
Lol is this when Roddy couldn't stop laughing at Bea.


Btw why do people always add "gate" at the end. What does it mean.

The original was called Watergate. It was some historical,political scandal that I can't remember anything about cos I havn't studied History in like 2 years.

[Shasown]

Originally posted by LoadOfDross
Lol is this when Roddy couldn't stop laughing at Bea.


Btw why do people always add "gate" at the end. What does it mean.

Its been adopted into common English to mean shock or scandal, initial used to refer to a scandal and cover up, from "Watergate" - the cover up by Richard Nixon's administration of the break in and bugging of the Democrats Headquarters. Wasnt so much the break in that lead to Nixons resignation as the bodged cover up.

[LoadOfDross]

Originally posted by eggdavid
^ in the uk an important scandal has "-gate" added, like when noirin was p****d about the rabbit comment people called it Rabbitgate

Oh kk. Thanks

[Bombardier]

Originally posted by eggdavid
^ in the uk an important scandal has "-gate" added, like when noirin was p****d about the rabbit comment people called it Rabbitgate

You're partly right but I think it's mainly used for scandals that AREN'T that important

[Showstopper]

Originally posted by Bombardier

You're partly right but I think it's mainly used for scandals that AREN'T that important

no its actually used for scandals that are very important, we're yalking international incidents

Watergate brought down the US president Nixon, who at the time was the most powerful man in the world