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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.

 

== Anime And Manga ==

{{quote| '''Mitchell:''' ...Aquagate?}}

* Modelgate: The scandal on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' involving Bob Barker, Dian Parkinson and many, many others that he fired as a result of what he did with Dian.

* Hugh Dennis on ''[[Mock the Week]]'' made a joke about this, calling a scandal about tapping the phones of celebrities "stargate" and one about politicians buying pornography "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|masturgate]]."

* ''TMZ'' is fond of blowing seemingly minor events out of proportion, often with the "-gate" suffix. For instance, they attributed the Los Angeles Lakers' troubles in the 2010 NBA Finals (you know, ''before'' the epic Game 7 close call) to the fact that many of their key players ate steak with heavy, buttery sauce the night before at Ruth's Chris Steak House. They dubbed it "Steakgate" and over the next few days made repeated reference to it. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on how funny each individual reference was.

* The [[Yogscast]]'s second [[Pod Cast|YoGPoD]], Sipsgate, in which Lewis randomly calls his internet friend [[Yogscast Sips (Let's Play)|Sips]] (who said to never, ever call him in real life except in emergencies related to their website, which he maintains) ''three'' times for no reason other than entertainment. Luckily, the potential scandal and defriending is averted, and Sips is cool with it... as long as they don't call him ''again''.

* Elevatorgate: The reaction among the Internet atheist community to Rebecca Watson complaining that a man hit on her in the elevator. Made more interesting by the fact that although such people as P.Z. Myers were on her side, [[Richard Dawkins]] was ''not''.