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Biscuitgate

Biscuitgate proper noun: a minor controversy of 2009, when prime minister Gordon Brown was accused of sidestepping questions about his favourite kind of biscuit during an online chat.

Proper noun

Biscuitgate

  1. (UK, humorous) A minor controversy of 2009, when prime minister Gordon Brown was accused of sidestepping questions about his favourite kind of biscuit during an online chat.

Origin of Biscuitgate

From biscuit + -gate.

Questions about Biscuitgate

What does Biscuitgate mean?
Biscuitgate means a minor controversy of 2009, when prime minister Gordon Brown was accused of sidestepping questions about his favourite kind of biscuit during an online chat.
What part of speech is Biscuitgate?
Biscuitgate is a proper noun.

Words near Biscuitgate in the dictionary

  1. biscuit-cutter
  2. biscuit-cutters
  3. biscuited
  4. biscuiteer
  5. biscuiteers
  6. Biscuitgate
  7. biscuitiness
  8. biscuiting
  9. biscuitless
  10. biscuitlike
  11. biscuitries

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