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Sodagate

Sodagate proper noun: a 2013 controversy around an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, in which a player deliberately spilled a cup of soda to delay the game.

Proper noun

Sodagate

  1. (US, informal) A 2013 controversy around an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, in which a player deliberately spilled a cup of soda to delay the game.

Origin of Sodagate

From soda + -gate.

Questions about Sodagate

What does Sodagate mean?
Sodagate means a 2013 controversy around an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, in which a player deliberately spilled a cup of soda to delay the game.
What part of speech is Sodagate?
Sodagate is a proper noun.

Words near Sodagate in the dictionary

  1. soda waters
  2. soda-acid
  3. soda-lime
  4. soda-lime glass
  5. sodabi
  6. Sodagate
  7. sodaholic
  8. sodaholics
  9. sodaic
  10. sodaless
  11. sodalicious

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