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Celebgate

Celebgate proper noun: a 2014 controversy in which almost 500 private photographs of various celebrities, many containing nudity, were leaked and disseminated through social media.

Proper noun

Celebgate

  1. (informal) A 2014 controversy in which almost 500 private photographs of various celebrities, many containing nudity, were leaked and disseminated through social media.
    • Gamergate, “the Fappening” (or Celebgate), and the subsequent Comicsgate are examples of campaigns that deployed active memetic warfare in racialized and gendered ways to attack and drive away a constructed enemy.2021, Lisa Nakamura, Hanah Stiverson, Kyle Lindsey, Racist Zoombombing, Routledge, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Fappening

Synonyms of Celebgate

Origin of Celebgate

From celeb + -gate.

Questions about Celebgate

What does Celebgate mean?
Celebgate means a 2014 controversy in which almost 500 private photographs of various celebrities, many containing nudity, were leaked and disseminated through social media.
What part of speech is Celebgate?
Celebgate is a proper noun.

Words near Celebgate in the dictionary

  1. Celebes Sea
  2. Celebes warty pig
  3. Celebes warty pigs
  4. Celebesian
  5. Celebesians
  6. Celebgate
  7. Celebic
  8. celebrancy
  9. celebrant
  10. celebrants
  11. celebrappeal

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