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Gloriagate

Gloriagate proper noun: a 2005 electoral scandal in the Philippines involving leaked telephone conversations between former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and a commissioner of the Commission on Elections, the two allegedly conspiring to rig the results of the presidential election.

Proper noun

Gloriagate

  1. (Philippine, colloquial, neologism) A 2005 electoral scandal in the Philippines involving leaked telephone conversations between former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and a commissioner of the Commission on Elections, the two allegedly conspiring to rig the results of the presidential election.

Origin of Gloriagate

From Gloria + -gate.

Questions about Gloriagate

What does Gloriagate mean?
Gloriagate means a 2005 electoral scandal in the Philippines involving leaked telephone conversations between former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and a commissioner of the Commission on Elections, the two allegedly conspiring to rig the results of the presidential election.
What part of speech is Gloriagate?
Gloriagate is a proper noun.

Words near Gloriagate in the dictionary

  1. Glorania
  2. glore
  3. glored
  4. Glores
  5. gloria
  6. Gloriagate
  7. Gloriana
  8. Glorianna
  9. glorias
  10. gloriation
  11. gloriations

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