Shirtgate
English
Etymology
shirt + -gate
Proper noun
Shirtgate
- (informal) A 2014 controversy in which a shirt worn by scientist Matt Taylor at a European Space Agency press conference was branded sexist by some viewers.
- 2016, Jerry Barnett, Porn Panic!: Sex and Censorship in the UK:
- The backfiring of Shirtgate created a temporary pause in the Big Panic, and revealed a basic truth. Most people appeared to have no objection to the kinds of expression that were now being presented as sexist.
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References
- Usenet newsgroups:
Anagrams
- set aright