Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals.
词源说明
From closet + -gate; from the name of the South Park television episode "Trapped in the Closet" (referring to the figurative "closet" that homosexuals who have not disclosed their sexual orientation are said to be in).
释义
专有名词proper noun
1A scandal following the airing of the South Park television episode "Trapped in the Closet", which was a satiricalparody of Scientology and Scientologist actor Tom Cruise.