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「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

If Bill Gates get involved in a scandal, is it now called a Billgate?

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If Bill Gates get involved in a scandal, is it now called a Billgate?

「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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Context: Scandals are commonly appended by the suffix -gate, named after the Watergate Scandal

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  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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    wait until you find out that if the same happens to Elon Musk, Elongate will be really drawn out

    ba dum tss

  • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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    Have an upvote.

    Now dadjokes is over there.

  • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works
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    If???

    • expatriado@lemmy.world
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      i guess has to be one that stands out above the others, so could be referred as the gates’ gate, or the gatest gate, or the mother of all gates

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    *Throws angry up-vote at OP & stomps off.*

  • ik5pvx@lemmy.world
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    Gate^2

  • Devolution@lemmy.world
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    No. Blowing bubba is a billgate.

  • Railcar8095@lemmy.world
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    For you, the day a billionaire is involved in a scandal is a big thing. For me, it’s a Wednesday.

  • Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world
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    It’d be the Gategate. It would only be called Billgate if Bill was a woman.

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