"Hairgate" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: hair + -gate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hair|gate}} hair + -gate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hairgate
  1. (informal) A 1993 controversy around allegations that Bill Clinton's haircut aboard Air Force One delayed air traffic. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-Hairgate-en-name-OJfJdfc- Disambiguation of Hair: 64 20 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -gate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 19 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 19 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gate: 65 19 17
  2. (informal) A 2014 controversy around allegations that the iPhone 6 could trap the hair of a user holding it to their ear while making a call. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-Hairgate-en-name-VgP85KRl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Hair + -gate, after umpire Darrell Hair, who made the ruling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Hair|gate}} Hair + -gate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hairgate
  1. (informal, cricket) A 2006 controversy around allegations of ball tampering in the Test match between England and Pakistan. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-Hairgate-en-name-3rtrg0UP Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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