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Lochtegate

Lochtegate proper noun: a scandal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in which US swimmer Ryan Lochte and two teammates fabricated a story of having been robbed at gunpoint in order to cover up their own acts of vandalism.

Proper noun

Lochtegate

  1. (informal) A scandal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in which US swimmer Ryan Lochte and two teammates fabricated a story of having been robbed at gunpoint in order to cover up their own acts of vandalism.

Origin of Lochtegate

From Lochte + -gate.

Questions about Lochtegate

What does Lochtegate mean?
Lochtegate means a scandal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in which US swimmer Ryan Lochte and two teammates fabricated a story of having been robbed at gunpoint in order to cover up their own acts of vandalism.
What part of speech is Lochtegate?
Lochtegate is a proper noun.

Words near Lochtegate in the dictionary

  1. Lochridges
  2. lochs
  3. lochside
  4. lochsides
  5. Lochte
  6. Lochtegate
  7. Lochty
  8. lochus
  9. Lochwinnoch
  10. Lochy
  11. loci

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