Hate the 'gate
Ok, it's happened once again. I now officially hate Richard Nixon and anyone associated in any way with his administration and the whole Watergate scandal. Before you accuse me of being a good American, wait until you hear why. I am sick of a trend that's got to stop. This trend? Calling every little scandal that ever occurs in the US (fill in the blank)-gate!
Right now, we are in the middle of Van Gundy Gate (as dubbed by ESPN). We also have Paula-gate. And Jennifer Wilbanks-gate. So many freaking gates!
We've had Monica-gate, Whitewater-gate, Enron-gate, steroid-gate, and seemingly every other type of -gate known to man. I for one am sick and tired of all this -gate action.
Therefore, I am proposing we remove this term from our vernacular, so that the incessant media would stop shoving it down our throats any time a hint of impropriety creeps up. I will no longer refer to anything, ever, as _________-gate...will you pledge to join me?
(Since nobody reads this blog, you probably will not.)
posted by Josh | 1:07 PM
1 Comments:
I continue to read and press on. You're right. It's totally gay and needs to end.
On a light note, this is one of those phrases that 200 years later someone goes, "Why do we always call something -gate?" They look it up in a book of phrases and go, "Huh I never knew that."
Kind of cool huh?
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