Originally Posted By: pmbuko
Climategate.... sigh

Why do they call controversies or scandals [term]-gate? The Watergate scandal had nothing to do with water....

I drove by the Watergate Hotel this afternoon. Made me think of this.

Maybe it's the sound of the term 'gates' that wears on one's nerves, kinda like "Bill Gates".


Last edited by chesseroo; 01/20/10 01:03 AM.
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