"Donglegate" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From dongle + -gate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dongle|gate}} dongle + -gate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Donglegate
  1. A controversy of 2013 in which a woman at a technology conference took offense on overhearing an apparently ribald joke involving the word dongle and published the two men's photographs on the Internet in an attempt to shame them, causing one to be fired from his job. Related terms: Elevatorgate
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