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Nannygate

Nannygate proper noun: any of various political scandals involving the hired nannies of politicians, e.g. where taxes are unpaid or a visa not obtained.

Proper noun

Nannygate

  1. Any of various political scandals involving the hired nannies of politicians, e.g. where taxes are unpaid or a visa not obtained.
    • There are many forms of disorder. Street life is only one. Tax evasion, "Nannygates," political corruption: these forms of disorder—disorder that we experience as much as we do street life—are somehow different. They are not central to the broken windows hypothesis.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order

Origin of Nannygate

From nanny + -gate.

Questions about Nannygate

What does Nannygate mean?
Nannygate means any of various political scandals involving the hired nannies of politicians, e.g. where taxes are unpaid or a visa not obtained.
What part of speech is Nannygate?
Nannygate is a proper noun.

Words near Nannygate in the dictionary

  1. nannycam
  2. nannycams
  3. nannydom
  4. nannygai
  5. nannygais
  6. Nannygate
  7. nannyghai
  8. nannygoat
  9. nannygoats
  10. nannying
  11. nannyish

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