Scandal - Western World

Western World

In the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, scandals, particularly political ones, are often referred to by adding the suffix "-gate" to a word connected with the events, recalling the Watergate scandal, such as "Nannygate".

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Famous quotes containing the words western and/or world:

    “trying to live in the terrible western world

    here where to love at all’s to be a politician, as to love a poem
    is pretentious,”
    —Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)

    “It is a secret from nobody that the famous random event is most likely to arise from those parts of the world where the old adage “There is no alternative to victory” retains a high degree of plausibility.”
    —Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)