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"To shut the stable door after the horse has bolted", an idiom as old as horsemanship. Now it has a one shorthand, Hashtag friendly word to define the entire concept due to David Cameron and Razor the police horse in the scandal referred to as Horsegate. The origins on Gate as a suffix are in the Watergate trials of Richard Nixon
Getting health insurance after your first paragliding accident is a bit horsegate.
Horsegate by MikeSynonymous June 20, 2012
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hookergate 

A closed comprehensive school in the North East of England with a certain reputation for its students and staff, fights, hideous all-green and black P.E kit and pink cake and custard. Closed in 2011 following Tory-LibDem government cuts in a bid to save a bit of cash to merge with nearby Ryton Comprehensive to form Charles Thorp Comprehensive (which was never accepted by the last students to finish in 2012; Hookergate 4 lyf).
He goes to Hookergate, must be hard as nails.

She goes to Hookergate, look at all that make up on her face.
hookergate by Eah9618 February 9, 2018
When Elon musk offers to buy someone a horse in exchange for head.
Elon musk just bought me a horse after I sucked his dick, Horsegate
Horsegate by aidslover May 20, 2022
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026

Nerd neck 

A "human" that spends so much time playing video games that their posture is level nerd neck. Everytime anyone goes tryhard they hunch down and their neck gets longer there fore a nerd neck is always hunched down cause they're always going try hard. In other words a nerd neck is a try hard, since their neck is 100% longer than the average human being due to playing too many video games and taking them serious, nerd necks are not even considered human anymore but something more sad. Nerd necks are often found on fortnite, their natural habitat usually being tilted towers.
What a fucking nerd neck!

He is building so fast, nerd neck!

Looser more like a nerd neck ha!
Nerd neck by D Sandwich Maker February 5, 2019
Word of the Day on June 25, 2026

love peace and chicken grease 

"another of sayin peace out or good bye"
Talk to ya later......Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease
Word of the Day on June 24, 2026