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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
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
Word of the Day on August 4, 2026

Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
Word of the Day on August 2, 2026