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troopergate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
troop-er-gate
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A 1994 controversy around allegations by two Arkansas state troopers that they arranged sexual liaisons for then-governor Bill Clinton.

American usage

name

A 2007 controversy involving New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who allegedly ordered the state police to create special records of senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno's whereabouts when he traveled with police escorts in New York City.

American usage

name

A 2008 controversy around allegations that Alaska governor and presidential nominee Sarah Palin fired the state's public safety commissioner for not cooperating with her demand that he dismiss her former brother-in-law, a state trooper.

American usage

Etymology

From trooper + -gate.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does troopergate mean?
A 1994 controversy around allegations by two Arkansas state troopers that they arranged sexual liaisons for then-governor Bill Clinton.
Where does troopergate come from?
From trooper + -gate.

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