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Bigotgate

Bigotgate proper noun: a 2010 controversy that arose when British prime minister Gordon Brown was accidentally recorded calling a party supporter a bigot.

Proper noun

Bigotgate

  1. (UK, informal) A 2010 controversy that arose when British prime minister Gordon Brown was accidentally recorded calling a party supporter a bigot.

Origin of Bigotgate

From bigot + -gate.

Questions about Bigotgate

What does Bigotgate mean?
Bigotgate means a 2010 controversy that arose when British prime minister Gordon Brown was accidentally recorded calling a party supporter a bigot.
What part of speech is Bigotgate?
Bigotgate is a proper noun.

Words near Bigotgate in the dictionary

  1. bigot lists
  2. bigotdom
  3. bigoted
  4. bigotedly
  5. bigotedness
  6. Bigotgate
  7. bigotise
  8. bigotish
  9. bigotize
  10. bigotized
  11. bigotizes

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