Watergate
Presidential resignation cause
Watergate refers to the political scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974, involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., and the subsequent cover-up.
The suffix -gate has since become productive in English, attached to any word to suggest scandal or controversy: Deflategate, Bridgegate.
Watergate changed how Americans view their government. (Lowercase watergate is a floodgate or sluice.)
37th U.S. president
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- break-inUnlawful entry to premises
- impeachmentCharging officials with misconduct
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
tapes · hearings · Woodward · Bernstein · Deep Throat · obstruction · investigation · Saturday Night Massacre
NFL air pressure scandal
- BridgegateDeliberate traffic jam controversy
- MonicagatePresidential infidelity controversy
- PizzagateDisproven conspiracy theory
- ClimategateResearch email hacking scandal
suffix · neologism · controversy · journalistic · headline · sensationalism · political scandal · Irangate
American seat of government
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
- office complexGroup of professional buildings
- Potomac RiverMid-Atlantic tidal waterway
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
Kennedy Center · Georgetown · luxury apartments · building · complex · development · real estate · condominiums
Nixon
37th U.S. president
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- break-inUnlawful entry to premises
- impeachmentCharging officials with misconduct
resignation · tapes · hearings · Woodward · Bernstein · Deep Throat · obstruction · investigation · Saturday Night Massacre · plumbers
Deflategate
NFL air pressure scandal
- BridgegateDeliberate traffic jam controversy
- MonicagatePresidential infidelity controversy
- PizzagateDisproven conspiracy theory
Climategate · suffix · neologism · controversy · journalistic · headline · sensationalism · political scandal · Irangate
Washington DC
American seat of government
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
- office complexGroup of professional buildings
- Potomac RiverMid-Atlantic tidal waterway
Virginia · Kennedy Center · Georgetown · luxury apartments · building · complex · development · real estate · condominiums · memorial
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- -Gate ScandalsBridgegate, Deflategate, Climategate, Russiagate, Dieselgate
- Political Corruptionbribery, graft, kickbacks, cronyism, nepotism
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- 1970sdisco, Nixon, Vietnam War, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars
- 70sdisco, bell-bottoms, Saturday Night Fever, pet rock, leisure suits
Watergategood governance
Accountable, transparent institutional management
transparency · accountability · open government · public trust · rule of law
Watergatelandslide victory
Overwhelming electoral triumph
New Deal · Camelot · electoral mandate · inauguration · mandate
Watergateburied secrets
Concealed shameful truths