1. The name of a (ugly) hotel in Washington, DC.
2. Used to refer to the events following the discovery of the break in of the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate hotel complex by operatives of the White House that lead to the resignation of President Nixon.
3. Used to refer to a political scandal.
1. I'm staying at the Watergate.
2. After Watergate, people lost trust in the goverment.
3. Clinton had another Watergate on his hands with the Lewenski scandal.
While some may find the works of (insert annoying author here) to be enlightening and insightful, I am quite turned off by the excessive amount of literary wankerbation that this asstard uses to completely dance around anything remotely resembling a point.