Sodagate

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proper noun

A 2013 controversy around an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, in which a player deliberately spilled a cup of soda to delay the game.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. USinformalhobbiesA 2013 controversy around an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, in which a player deliberately spilled a cup of soda to delay the game.

Origin

From soda + -gate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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