"Elsagate" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Etymology tree English Elsa Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English gate English hotel English Watergate Hotel English Watergatebf. English -gate English Elsagate From Elsa + -gate, after the protagonist of Disney's 2013 animated film Frozen whose likeness often appears in the videos. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|Elsa|-gate|tree=1}} Etymology tree English Elsa Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English gate English hotel English Watergate Hotel English Watergatebf. English -gate English Elsagate [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "liquid", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "water", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "water", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "water", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "water", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "water", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wed-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "mass nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-r̥", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wódr̥", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*watōr", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*watar", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "wæter", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "water", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "water", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "doorway", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "gate", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "hotel", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "w:Watergate Hotel", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Watergate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-gate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Elsagate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Elsagate">, {{suffix|en|Elsa|gate}} Elsa + -gate, {{ety|en|:af|Elsa|-gate|tree=1}} Etymology tree German Elisabeth German Elsabor. English Elsa Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water Proto-Indo-European *gʰe(n)d-der. Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-eti Proto-Germanic *getaną Proto-Germanic *gatą Proto-West Germanic *gat Old English ġeat Middle English gate English gate Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtelbor. English hotel English Watergate Hotel English Watergatebf. English -gate English Elsagate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Elsagate
  1. (Internet, neologism) The controversy surrounding supposedly child-friendly videos posted on the Internet that contain themes inappropriate for children, such as violence and sexual situations. Wikipedia link: Frozen (2013 film) Tags: Internet, neologism Translations (Internet controversy): Էլզագեյթ (Ēlzageytʻ) (Armenian), 艾莎門 /艾莎门 (Àishāmén) (Chinese Mandarin), Elsagate (Indonesian), エルサゲート (Erusagēto) (Japanese), 엘사게이트 (Elsageiteu) (Korean), Elsagate (Malay), Elsagate [masculine] (Portuguese), Элсагейт (Elsagejt) [masculine] (Russian), Elsagate [masculine] (Spanish)
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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          "ref": "2017 December 8, Russell Brandom, “Inside Elsagate, the conspiracy-fueled war on creepy YouTube kids videos”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2017:",
          "text": "Just a few months after the Pizzagate debacle, Elsagate was formed with a very similar playbook: a group of amateur sleuths using open-source intelligence to fight a hazily defined evil threatening helpless children.",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "Ēlzageytʻ",
      "sense": "Internet controversy",
      "word": "Էլզագեյթ"
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      "word": "艾莎門 /艾莎门"
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      "word": "엘사게이트"
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