Flakegate

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proper noun

A controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter Anthea Turner to Grant Bovey, where the two were photographed eating Snowflake chocolate bars and the pictures were subsequently used to promote the product, damaging Turner's credibility.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. UKA controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter Anthea Turner to Grant Bovey, where the two were photographed eating Snowflake chocolate bars and the pictures were subsequently used to promote the product, damaging Turner's credibility.

Origin

From flake + -gate.

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APA

Flakegate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Flakegate

MLA

“Flakegate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Flakegate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Flakegate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Flakegate.

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