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Flakegate

Flakegate proper noun: a controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter Anthea Turner to Grant Bovey, where the two were photographed eating Snowflake chocolate bars and the pictures were subsequently used to promote the product, damaging Turner's credibility.

Proper noun

Flakegate

  1. (UK) A controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter Anthea Turner to Grant Bovey, where the two were photographed eating Snowflake chocolate bars and the pictures were subsequently used to promote the product, damaging Turner's credibility.

Origin of Flakegate

From flake + -gate.

Questions about Flakegate

What does Flakegate mean?
Flakegate means a controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter Anthea Turner to Grant Bovey, where the two were photographed eating Snowflake chocolate bars and the pictures were subsequently used to promote the product, damaging Turner's credibility.
What part of speech is Flakegate?
Flakegate is a proper noun.

Words near Flakegate in the dictionary

  1. flakeboards
  2. flaked
  3. flaked down
  4. flaked off
  5. flaked out
  6. Flakegate
  7. flakeless
  8. flakelet
  9. flakelets
  10. flakelike
  11. flakeproof

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