Elbowgate

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A 2016 controversy in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau elbowed a female MP in the chest in the House of Commons, causing the opposition to accuse him of assaulting her. informal

Etymology

From elbow + -gate.

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