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Bibgate

/ˈbɪbˌɡeɪt/

Bibgate proper noun: a 2009 controversy around American skier Bill Demong's disqualification for not wearing his bib during the ski-jumping part of the team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Proper noun

Bibgate

  1. (informal) A 2009 controversy around American skier Bill Demong's disqualification for not wearing his bib during the ski-jumping part of the team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Origin of Bibgate

From bib + -gate.

Questions about Bibgate

What does Bibgate mean?
Bibgate means a 2009 controversy around American skier Bill Demong's disqualification for not wearing his bib during the ski-jumping part of the team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
What part of speech is Bibgate?
Bibgate is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bibgate?
Bibgate is pronounced /ˈbɪbˌɡeɪt/.

Words near Bibgate in the dictionary

  1. bibes
  2. bibfinch
  3. bibfinches
  4. bibful
  5. bibfuls
  6. Bibgate
  7. bibi
  8. Bibi the Butcher
  9. Bibian
  10. Bibiano
  11. Bibianos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bibgate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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