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Bingate

Bingate proper noun: a controversy involving a 2014 episode of The Great British Bake Off, in which a contestant threw his failed baked Alaska into a bin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant had sabotaged the dish.

Proper noun

Bingate

  1. (UK, informal) A controversy involving a 2014 episode of The Great British Bake Off, in which a contestant threw his failed baked Alaska into a bin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant had sabotaged the dish.
    • Things got more complicated when Bingate turned out to be Diana's last appearance on Bake Off. It was an unhappy coincidence […]2017, Anita Singh, The Story of The Great British Bake Off
    • In the notorious Bingate incident during series five, contestant Iain was shown throwing away his Baked Alaska because it had not fully set. Initially, suspicion for causing this fell on another contestant, Diana […]2020, Patrick Barwise, Peter York, The War Against the BBC

Origin of Bingate

bin + -gate

Questions about Bingate

What does Bingate mean?
Bingate means a controversy involving a 2014 episode of The Great British Bake Off, in which a contestant threw his failed baked Alaska into a bin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant had sabotaged the dish.
What part of speech is Bingate?
Bingate is a proper noun.

Words near Bingate in the dictionary

  1. bing sutts
  2. Bing-Neel syndrome
  3. Bingaman
  4. Bingamans
  5. Bingara
  6. Bingate
  7. Bingawan
  8. binge
  9. binge drinker
  10. binge drinkers
  11. binge drinking

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