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smeargate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
smear-gate
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A political scandal of 2009 in which Derek Draper and Damian McBride plotted to post false rumours on the Internet about the private lives of prominent members of the Conservative Party and their spouses.

British usage

Etymology

From smear + -gate.

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Questions

What does smeargate mean?
A political scandal of 2009 in which Derek Draper and Damian McBride plotted to post false rumours on the Internet about the private lives of prominent members of the Conservative Party and their spouses.
Where does smeargate come from?
From smear + -gate.

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