Gate-gate

There is a pervasive scandal in this country that needs to be addressed. It is one so hideous, so devastating that the sooner we can stop it, the better. I'm talking about the purposeless use of the suffix "gate" that's automatically tacked on to the end of any key word that may be derived from the scandal at hand. It all started with Watergate, which obviously is completely acceptable because it is part of the name of the apartment where the illegal activity actually took place. Whoever the second-rate journalist with the creativity of styrofoam was that assigned "gate" to the next big scandal after 1974, should have had their second-rate journalism degree revoked. It's bad enough that mediocrity prevails in so many walks of life, but can't we muster up a little more tongue-in-cheek brain power when it comes to naming scandals.

Nannygate, Monicagate, Memogate...it's all so silly. Even in England, they refer to their rogue Prince's affair as "Camillagate", do you see where this is heading? "Gate" in and of itself does not denote a scandal or any scandalous act. Watergate was named after an apartment, not after some unspeakable act involving Richard Nixon and a tall glass of water. Thirty years later why are we still talking about the last four letters of an apartment building in Washington, D.C.?