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Dressgate

Dressgate proper noun: the controversy over The Dress, a photographed dress whose colors were unclear.

Proper noun

Dressgate

  1. (Internet) The controversy over The Dress, a photographed dress whose colors were unclear.

Origin of Dressgate

From dress + -gate.

Questions about Dressgate

What does Dressgate mean?
Dressgate means the controversy over The Dress, a photographed dress whose colors were unclear.
What part of speech is Dressgate?
Dressgate is a proper noun.

Words near Dressgate in the dictionary

  1. dresses up
  2. dressest
  3. dresseth
  4. dressful
  5. dressfuls
  6. Dressgate
  7. dressier
  8. dressiest
  9. dressily
  10. dressiness
  11. dressing

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