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Mammygate

Mammygate proper noun: a 2008 controversy around the allegation that Gloria Squitiro, wife of Kansas City mayor Mark Funkhouser, called a black secretary "mammy".

Proper noun

Mammygate

  1. (informal) A 2008 controversy around the allegation that Gloria Squitiro, wife of Kansas City mayor Mark Funkhouser, called a black secretary "mammy".

Origin of Mammygate

From mammy + -gate.

Questions about Mammygate

What does Mammygate mean?
Mammygate means a 2008 controversy around the allegation that Gloria Squitiro, wife of Kansas City mayor Mark Funkhouser, called a black secretary "mammy".
What part of speech is Mammygate?
Mammygate is a proper noun.

Words near Mammygate in the dictionary

  1. mammy markets
  2. mammy wagon
  3. mammy wagons
  4. mammy's boy
  5. mammy's boys
  6. Mammygate
  7. mamo
  8. mamofluid
  9. mamogram
  10. mamograms
  11. mamoncillo

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