name, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A mid-1990s storyline in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which Sharon Mitchell confessed on tape that she had sex with her husband's brother Phil, leading to a violent confrontation. informal

Etymology

From Sharon + -gate.

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