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Sirengate

Sirengate proper noun: the AFL siren controversy surrounding the result of an Australian rules football match of 2006, when a point was scored after the end of the game because the umpire did not hear the siren.

Proper noun

Sirengate

  1. (informal) The AFL siren controversy surrounding the result of an Australian rules football match of 2006, when a point was scored after the end of the game because the umpire did not hear the siren.

Origin of Sirengate

From siren + -gate.

Questions about Sirengate

What does Sirengate mean?
Sirengate means the AFL siren controversy surrounding the result of an Australian rules football match of 2006, when a point was scored after the end of the game because the umpire did not hear the siren.
What part of speech is Sirengate?
Sirengate is a proper noun.

Words near Sirengate in the dictionary

  1. Sirenaics
  2. Sirendiep
  3. sirene
  4. sirened
  5. sirenes
  6. Sirengate
  7. sirenian
  8. sirenians
  9. sirenic
  10. sirenical
  11. sirenically

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