Y'know...Watergate etc.
2007-06-09 12:15:14 · 5 answers · asked by George The Fat Pink Gay Hippo 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Oh I see. thank you.
2007-06-09 12:19:05 · update #1
Watergate was the name of the hotel that Nixon's "staff" broke into-- which is what started the whole scandel.
Ever since then, any scandel seems to have -gate added to it, just to be cutesy.
2007-06-09 12:18:28 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Watergate was the first "gate" scandal, named for the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, where members of Nixon's administration were caught trying to break in to the Democratic National Party's HQ in 1972. Since then, -gate has been attached to names to indicate high-level political scandals.
2007-06-09 12:28:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sharon K 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Watergate was due to the name of the building the event took place, all the other "gate's" are just a reference to that original scandal.
2007-06-09 12:18:33 · answer #3 · answered by Dull 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Watergate was the name of the hotel that featured prominently in the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon... so now any time there is a big scandal they tack gate on the end of it...
2007-06-09 12:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by Fred Phaggins 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a take on Watergate...it's generally a politically driven scandal. Or a scandal with some sort of ties to someone political.
2007-06-09 12:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by six3x 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋