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Pantigate

Pantigate proper noun: a 2014 controversy around defamatory remarks made by Irish drag queen Rory O'Neill (stage name Panti Bliss), accusing newspaper journalists and the Iona Institute of homophobia.

Proper noun

Pantigate

  1. (informal) A 2014 controversy around defamatory remarks made by Irish drag queen Rory O'Neill (stage name Panti Bliss), accusing newspaper journalists and the Iona Institute of homophobia.

Origin of Pantigate

Panti + -gate

Questions about Pantigate

What does Pantigate mean?
Pantigate means a 2014 controversy around defamatory remarks made by Irish drag queen Rory O'Neill (stage name Panti Bliss), accusing newspaper journalists and the Iona Institute of homophobia.
What part of speech is Pantigate?
Pantigate is a proper noun.

Words near Pantigate in the dictionary

  1. pantie girdles
  2. pantied
  3. pantieless
  4. panties
  5. Pantifa
  6. Pantigate
  7. pantihose
  8. pantihosed
  9. pantihoses
  10. pantile
  11. pantile shop

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