Watergate

n. The granddaddy of the modern political scandal. Also used to refer to scandals similar to Watergate. For the press to compare a scandal to Watergate, the following conditions must be met:
1) It must be of national importance.
2) It must involve the executive branch in some way.
3) Someone outside the media must refer to it as
"a new Watergate" or, "the next Watergate".
4) Should increase angry rants against the
people involved by at least 20%.
If a scandal meets three of these conditions, it may be be given the suffix -gate but the word Watergate must remain out of the article. If it meets two of these conditions, it may be given its own name, such as "Iran-contra affair". If it meets only one of these conditions, it is refered to as "standard political procedure".

Watergate is what caused people to lose trust in the government.

The scandal surrounding Valerie Plame may be the next Watergate (but now we can only refer to it as Plamegate).

by A_1_B_2_C_______ October 9, 2006

Watergated

To escape quickly, derived from when Richard Nixon quickly resigned after the Watergate scandal started to escalate.

Sam" What happened after you cussed Ms. Simmons out?"
Tyler"I Watergated my ass out of there!"

by swagmurda April 15, 2010

Watergate that shit

To cover something up; lie.

Person A: "Dude, I broke my roommate's laptop, he's going to be pissed.

Person B: "You've got to Watergate that shit, man, don't tell anyone, deny everything."

Person A: "kick-ass"

by 37th President April 26, 2009

Wankerbate

To wank it in class, or in a school bathroom.

What John Croden did.

by Cody Longpré October 6, 2004

Stupid Watergate

1. "...a scandal that we've been referring to as 'Stupid Watergate', because it has all the potential consequences of Watergate but everyone involved is REALLY stupid."

A term coined by John Oliver on his HBO topical political commentary series 'Last Week Tonight' referring to the criminal conspiracy (collusion) involving Donald J. Trump Sr and Russian operatives to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The term illustrates how inept and laughably transparent the involved members of Donald Trump's campaign and transition (including DJT) were at both perpetrating said crimes, and covering them up after the fact.

I can't believe how f***ing obvious the ties between Trump & Russia are, and how incredibly obvious these goons attempts at a coverup are. How the hell does 'House of Cards' seem more like an actual corrupt presidential administration and this farce of an administration seem like a laughably cheap over the top parody. Literally "Stupid Watergate."

by Nostradumas January 4, 2018

walkelater

Flat escalator on the floor that people use to walk later, found mostly is airports and some malls.

It's easier to use the walkelater than walking a long distance to my gate at the airport.

by Q8busnade October 14, 2017

watergate

Any incredibly long, boring and mystifying process; something bad, tedious and of interest only to fools. A show put on for the public to convince them that the government is accountable and journalists have teeth. A settling of scores between rival corrupt elements of the elite. Also now used for any case of corruption, eg, Zipper-Gate, Monica-Gate, etc. Surely there should be a Gates-Gate involving Bill Gates - we just have to hope for that.

Woodward and Bernstein preen themselves that they brought down Nixon over Watergate, as if that would be allowed to happen! Nixon was obviously doomed for some reason we are not told about.

by James William June 7, 2005