What is -gate?
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When there is a personal or work controversy, just add "gate" at the end to dramatize it, similar to Janet Jackson's boob-gate during the Super Bowl.
I'm sorry about (fill-in-the-blank)-gate today at our meeting. I don't know why everyone had to make comments about you. It was entirely inappropriate.
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When something very awkward (embarrassing)occurs yet no one around you notices or sees it at all, leaving you even more awkward inside.
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