Talk:Watergate

Sense 2
Why not just define Watergate (sense 2) as "Any scandal, especially one involving public officials and a cover-up"? Then everyone could understand the definition!  D b f  i  r  s   21:52, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Any scandal
Is this used in the generic sense? I can only find references to the specific Watergate scandal, including indirect ones like “another Watergate”. —Michael Z. 2009-05-08 15:41 z 


 * Any proper name can be used to refer to what it exemplifies (a Thatcher, a Kissinger, a Kennedy, a Vietnam). Only some become eponyms: solon/Solon. This one doesn't seem likely to get there, let alone be there. DCDuring TALK 16:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, section removed. —Ruakh TALK 03:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Watergate salad
“I'll have a Watergate?” —Michael Z. 2009-05-08 15:41 z 

RFV failed, section removed. —Ruakh TALK 03:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Words suffixed with -gate
Should Watergate not be included in a list of words suffixed with -gate? The suffix is a back-formation from Watergate, and it originated the use of -gate to denote scandals, rather than being named that because of the suffix. ThighFish (talk) 06:23, 25 April 2021 (UTC)