"Slapgate" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: slap + -gate Etymology templates: {{suf|en|slap|gate}} slap + -gate Head templates: {{en-prop}} Slapgate
  1. Alternative letter-case form of slapgate (“Any of various controversies involving slapping.”) Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: slapgate (extra: Any of various controversies involving slapping.)
    Sense id: en-Slapgate-en-name-Uf0j1ojb
  2. (informal, neologism) The controversy around the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, when actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock during Rock's presentation for Best Documentary Feature, in response to Rock making an insulting joke about Smith's wife. Tags: informal, neologism
    Sense id: en-Slapgate-en-name-j3vq71~a Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gate: 31 69

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