Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bingate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bin-gate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A controversy involving a 2014 episode of The Great British Bake Off, in which a contestant threw his failed baked Alaska into a bin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant had sabotaged the dish.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"Things got more complicated when Bingate turned out to be Diana's last appearance on Bake Off. It was an unhappy coincidence […]"
"In the notorious Bingate incident during series five, contestant Iain was shown throwing away his Baked Alaska because it had not fully set. Initially, suspicion for causing this fell on another contestant, Diana […]"

Etymology

bin + -gate

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bin

Usage

British usage
Informal

Questions

What does bingate mean?: A controversy involving a 2014 episode of The Great British Bake Off, in which a contestant threw his failed baked Alaska into a bin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant had sabotaged the dish.
Where does bingate come from?: bin + -gate

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