gate

Used as a suffix to highlight the nature of certain controversial news and current affair stories. Based on the infamous Watergate scandal.

MasterChef embroiled in SatayGate scandal (headline from the Daily Telegraph, 9 July 2010)

by Quizmaster 85 July 09, 2010

gate

A suffix used to denote a political scandal. Its use originated with the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.

Filegate and Chinagate are examples of Clinton era scandals.

by Dan Snow September 12, 2004

gate

the beginnin

yo I told you that shit from the gate
man I knew that nigga was a bitch from the gate

by southphilly215 September 04, 2009

gate

this term is used by convicts from california, refering to it as the last gate you walk through to freedom.

"hey dog when you getting out the gate?"

by impsick November 27, 2006

gate

A term often used on IRC to refer to a proxy server IP address.

<IRCer1> I'm a load all my flood bots and flood this channel!

*Bots Join Channel*

<IRCer2> Thanks for the gates!

by qbert July 19, 2004

gate

Bad, not cool, lame, weak.

That haircut is gate man...

by Superguy November 06, 2003

gate

started out as "chalking 1 up". this is when someone states something funny. "chalking 1 up" is a tally and when someone receives 5, it becomes a gate.....now people award gates instead of singular "chalks on the board".

by Sef October 04, 2003