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betsygate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bet-sy-gate
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A 2004 controversy around allegations that former United Kingdom Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith had put his wife Betsy on his payroll, without her doing any work.

British usage; Informal

Etymology

From Betsy + -gate.

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Questions

What does betsygate mean?
A 2004 controversy around allegations that former United Kingdom Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith had put his wife Betsy on his payroll, without her doing any work.
Where does betsygate come from?
From Betsy + -gate.

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