EuroLex/E/-gate


 * Original language: English after Watergate
 * Original form and meaning: scandal, especially financial scandals

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: *DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.


 * Information on Other Languages: Romanian: -gate [= Engl. pron.], 1990s; meaning: 'scandal'; status: restricted to journalese and facetious use; Russian: -geĭt, 1980s; meaning: 'scandal'; status: fully accepted but still marked as English, restricted to journalese; Bulgarian: geĭt, 1980s; meaning: 'scandal'; status: fully accepted but still marked as English, restricted to journalese; Greek: [= Engl. pron.]/['geit], 1980s; meaning: 'scandal'; status: restricted to journalese