Etymology

Elsagate

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Today it means: The controversy surrounding supposedly child-friendly videos posted on the Internet that contain themes inappropriate for children, such as violence and sexual situations. Full definition →

English Watergatebf. ← Middle English water ← Old English wæter
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  1. EnglishElsa
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  4. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  5. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  6. Old Englishwæter
  7. Middle Englishwater
  8. Englishwater
  9. Englishgate
  10. Englishhotel
  11. EnglishWatergate Hotel
  12. EnglishWatergatebf.
  13. English todayElsagate

From Elsa + -gate, after the protagonist of Disney's 2013 animated film Frozen whose likeness often appears in the videos.

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