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Tattoogate

Tattoogate proper noun: a 2011 controversy when Jim Tressel, the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team, resigned amid allegations that he lied in order to cover up activities, including tattoos, undertaken in violation of NCAA rules by players he was coaching.

Proper noun

Tattoogate

  1. (US) A 2011 controversy when Jim Tressel, the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team, resigned amid allegations that he lied in order to cover up activities, including tattoos, undertaken in violation of NCAA rules by players he was coaching.

Origin of Tattoogate

From tattoo + -gate.

Questions about Tattoogate

What does Tattoogate mean?
Tattoogate means a 2011 controversy when Jim Tressel, the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team, resigned amid allegations that he lied in order to cover up activities, including tattoos, undertaken in violation of NCAA rules by players he was coaching.
What part of speech is Tattoogate?
Tattoogate is a proper noun.

Words near Tattoogate in the dictionary

  1. tattooee
  2. tattooees
  3. tattooer
  4. tattooers
  5. tattooes
  6. Tattoogate
  7. tattooification
  8. tattooifications
  9. tattooing
  10. tattooings
  11. tattooist

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