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Toiletgate

Toiletgate proper noun: a controversy around the 2006 World Chess Championship, in which Vladimir Kramnik was accused by his opponent's manager of visiting the toilet suspiciously frequently during games, with implications of cheating.

Proper noun

Toiletgate

  1. (informal) A controversy around the 2006 World Chess Championship, in which Vladimir Kramnik was accused by his opponent's manager of visiting the toilet suspiciously frequently during games, with implications of cheating.

Origin of Toiletgate

From toilet + -gate.

Questions about Toiletgate

What does Toiletgate mean?
Toiletgate means a controversy around the 2006 World Chess Championship, in which Vladimir Kramnik was accused by his opponent's manager of visiting the toilet suspiciously frequently during games, with implications of cheating.
What part of speech is Toiletgate?
Toiletgate is a proper noun.

Words near Toiletgate in the dictionary

  1. toilet-training
  2. toilet-trains
  3. toileted
  4. toiletful
  5. toiletfuls
  6. Toiletgate
  7. toileth
  8. toileting
  9. toiletings
  10. toiletless
  11. toiletlike

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