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Flakegate

name

Etymology

From flake + -gate.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻
  2. derived from *flaką✻ — “something flat”
  3. derived from flak — “loose or torn piece”
  4. inherited from flacca
  5. inherited from flake — “a flake of snow”
  6. suffixed as flakegate — “flake + gate”

Definitions

  1. A controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter Anthea Turner to Grant Bovey,…

    A controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter Anthea Turner to Grant Bovey, where the two were photographed eating Snowflake chocolate bars and the pictures were subsequently used to promote the product, damaging Turner's credibility.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA