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{{quote|'''Webb:''' That must be the biggest scandal since Watergategate.
'''Mitchell:''' Watergategate? Isn't it just Watergate?
'''Webb:''' No, that would mean it was just about water. No, it was a scandal or "gate" -- add the suffix '-gate', that's what you do with a scandal -- involving the Watergate Hotel. So it was called the Watergate scandal, [[Deconstructed Trope|or Watergategate]].
On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in [[Washington DC]]. By the time it was all over and the dust had settled, Then-United States President [[Richard Nixon]] had resigned his office on August 9, 1974.
The Watergate Scandal was the biggest political scandal to hit the United States in recent memory. As a result virtually every political scandal that has happened since has had the suffix "-gate" applied to its name. Even scandals that aren't political in nature can have the "-gate" suffix appended to it.
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== Anime And Manga ==
* [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai|Oreimogate]]: A leakage forced ANN to suspend streaming of Oreimo ''and'' [[Togainu no Chi]] for a few weeks.
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