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lochtegate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lochte-gate
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A scandal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in which US swimmer Ryan Lochte and two teammates fabricated a story of having been robbed at gunpoint in order to cover up their own acts of vandalism.

Informal

Etymology

From Lochte + -gate.

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What does lochtegate mean?
A scandal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in which US swimmer Ryan Lochte and two teammates fabricated a story of having been robbed at gunpoint in order to cover up their own acts of vandalism.
Where does lochtegate come from?
From Lochte + -gate.

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