Pussygate

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A controversy in 2016 regarding a lewd recorded conversation between politician Donald Trump and Billy Bush on the subject of women. informal, vulgar

Etymology

From pussy + -gate, in reference to Trump's remark that "when you're a star, they [women] let you do it, you can do anything... grab them by the pussy".

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