List of scandals suffixed with gate

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The suffix gate has been appended to many scandals following the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. Its use normally indicates that the source of the scandal is an audio tape of a private conversation.

• Applegate
• Billygate - scandal resulting from US President Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, legally representing Libyan terrorist
• Bingogate
• Camillagate (tape of a telephone conversation between Charles, Prince of Wales and Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles)
• Cheriegate - concerning Cherie Blair's association with Carole Caplin
• Contragate/Irangate
• Dianagate/Squidgygate (tape of a telephone conversation between Diana, Princess of Wales and a male friend)
• Enrongate
• Filegate
• Gropegate
• Iraqgate
• Monicagate (also known as Zippergate)
• Nannygate
• Pardongate
• Pearlygate
• Poemgate (George W. Bush didn't write that poem to his wife Laura)
• Rubbergate
• Travelgate
• Whitewatergate
• Winegate