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Sharongate

Sharongate proper noun: a mid-1990s storyline in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which Sharon Mitchell confessed on tape that she had sex with her husband's brother Phil, leading to a violent confrontation.

Proper noun

Sharongate

  1. (informal) A mid-1990s storyline in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which Sharon Mitchell confessed on tape that she had sex with her husband's brother Phil, leading to a violent confrontation.

Origin of Sharongate

From Sharon + -gate.

Questions about Sharongate

What does Sharongate mean?
Sharongate means a mid-1990s storyline in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which Sharon Mitchell confessed on tape that she had sex with her husband's brother Phil, leading to a violent confrontation.
What part of speech is Sharongate?
Sharongate is a proper noun.

Words near Sharongate in the dictionary

  1. Sharon Hill
  2. Sharon plain
  3. Sharon Springs
  4. Sharona
  5. Sharone
  6. Sharongate
  7. Sharoni
  8. Sharonian
  9. sharonians
  10. Sharonis
  11. Sharons

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