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underpants

(182,733 posts) Mon Mar 6, 2017, 11:46 AM Mar 2017

How does the Trump-Russia thing NOT have a name?

Everything is a "____gate" these days. Hell even in football they had a "gate".

But this doesn't. Not that I've seen anyway. There's no goto short reference to the 7 or so elements of this thing.

How is that possible? Is this "no name gate"?

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How does the Trump-Russia thing NOT have a name? (Original Post) underpants Mar 2017 OP

the manchurian candigate? unblock Mar 2017 #1

Haha this is my favorite Luciferous Mar 2017 #17

I nominate "Puppet-Gate" KittyWampus Mar 2017 #2

I nominate "Russiagate". DetlefK Mar 2017 #3

PutinGate HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #4

Whacko Gate? world wide wally Mar 2017 #5

TraitorGate (R) Achilleaze Mar 2017 #6

Teapot onion dome Orangepeel Mar 2017 #7

Winner! ananda Mar 2017 #16

Thanks! Orangepeel Mar 2017 #23

"Gate" has been overused... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #8

I agree on the overuse. Usually though someone slaps a name on it underpants Mar 2017 #12

I've seen people recommend the "a-Lago" suffix on Facebook. RedWedge Mar 2017 #18

that's it! clusterfuck! unblock Mar 2017 #20

Viagragate! nolabels Mar 2017 #9

How about the trumpdump, or the dumptrump shraby Mar 2017 #10

I've seen Russiagate quite a bit, it rings true and... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #11

Saying "TrumpGate" would be redundant. FSogol Mar 2017 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author NightWatcher Mar 2017 #14

The Golden Gate of Kiev MurrayDelph Mar 2017 #15

"Crack-pot Dome, or, Marching Orders From Moscow" JHB Mar 2017 #19

That narrator was... SeattleVet Mar 2017 #22

There are a lot of good ones here PatSeg Mar 2017 #21

unblock

(52,179 posts)

1. the manchurian candigate?

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 11:50 AM

Mar 2017

Luciferous

(6,078 posts)

17. Haha this is my favorite

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 01:13 PM

Mar 2017

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)

2. I nominate "Puppet-Gate"

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 11:53 AM

Mar 2017

I'm not the puppet... YOU'RE the puppet.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

3. I nominate "Russiagate".

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 11:54 AM

Mar 2017

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

4. PutinGate

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 11:54 AM

Mar 2017

world wide wally

(21,739 posts)

5. Whacko Gate?

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 11:57 AM

Mar 2017

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

6. TraitorGate (R)

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 12:00 PM

Mar 2017

republicans and their Draft-&-Tax-Dodger-in-Chief sold America out to the russians and their evil freaking mob.

It's TraitorGate (R).

Orangepeel

(13,933 posts)

7. Teapot onion dome

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 12:00 PM

Mar 2017

Bigger than a "gate"

ananda

(28,856 posts)

16. Winner!

Reply to Orangepeel (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 01:11 PM

Mar 2017

Love it!

?c=2

Orangepeel

(13,933 posts)

23. Thanks!

Reply to ananda (Reply #16)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 09:55 PM

Mar 2017

I was proud of it, but I've tried to use it twice now, and it's not getting any traction. 🙁 I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes it!

Wounded Bear

(58,626 posts)

8. "Gate" has been overused...

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 12:03 PM

Mar 2017

to the point of being trivialized.

We need a new meme. Perhaps one will emerge from this clusterfuck.

underpants

(182,733 posts)

12. I agree on the overuse. Usually though someone slaps a name on it

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 12:23 PM

Mar 2017

and the herd mentality being what it is results in everyone calling it that.

"Brexit" was coined by a Brit newspaper for example.

RedWedge

(618 posts)

18. I've seen people recommend the "a-Lago" suffix on Facebook.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 01:14 PM

Mar 2017

"Russia-a-Lago" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but I kind of love it.

unblock

(52,179 posts)

20. that's it! clusterfuck!

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 01:19 PM

Mar 2017

or, when kids are watching, fustercluck....

nolabels

(13,133 posts)

9. Viagragate!

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 12:05 PM

Mar 2017

You won't need to pump this one up

shraby

(21,946 posts)

10. How about the trumpdump, or the dumptrump

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 12:06 PM

Mar 2017

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)

11. I've seen Russiagate quite a bit, it rings true and...

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 12:23 PM

Mar 2017

makes a not certain hash tag on Twitter so I'm using it until I see something better.

Although I agree '-gate' has been rather over used I think this time it's a rather appropriate to use it since it brings to some minds memories of Nixon/Watergate... although I think this is going to be far worse.

FSogol

(45,468 posts)

13. Saying "TrumpGate" would be redundant.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 12:25 PM

Mar 2017

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NightWatcher This message was self-deleted by its author.

MurrayDelph

(5,293 posts)

15. The Golden Gate of Kiev

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 01:09 PM

Mar 2017

A scandal with its own theme song.

https://m.

JHB

(37,158 posts)

19. "Crack-pot Dome, or, Marching Orders From Moscow"

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 01:17 PM

Mar 2017

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(Said in best "narrator from Rocky & Bullwinkle" voice)

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)

22. That narrator was...

Reply to JHB (Reply #19)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 04:07 PM

Mar 2017

William Conrad, who later had his own show ('Cannon').

PatSeg

(47,359 posts)

21. There are a lot of good ones here

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 01:20 PM

Mar 2017

I think the reason we don't have just one is that there are so many scandals associated with Trump, so that just his name connotes scandal. Some day we may find the word "trump" in the dictionary is synonymous with scandal.

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