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Tampongate

name

Etymology

From tampon + -gate.

  1. derived from *tappô✻ — “plug, tap”
  2. derived from *tappō✻ — “stopper, plug”
  3. derived from tape — “plug, bung, tap”
  4. derived from tampon
  5. borrowed from tampon
  6. suffixed as tampongate — “tampon + gate”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Camillagate (“1990s scandal”).

    • The Crown actor Dominic West has described the infamous “tampongate” phone call between the then Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles as “two middle-aged lovers being sweet to each other”.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Tampongate.

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