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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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Watergate is just the name of a hotel/shop/office complex in DC. The Watergate scandal had nothing to do with water, it's just named after the place where it occurred. The -gate suffix for scandals is dumb.
Thank you, I hate this trend so much. I'd rather be called a gate-gatekeeping douche than see it spread even more.
Dahu-gate