Why are the more famous events called gates ?

It's related to the "Watergate" scandal, but then it's a mess!

, this door is just a transliteration, ment

The meaning of "door".

1] The so-called "door" has become a buzzword on the Internet now, and it originated from a very deep film by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa"Rashomon". Since then, the word "door" has been used to refer to "events and news of a nature of nature" and events whose truth or insider nature cannot be determined. Usually some negative event.

The more famous ones are the former American ** Clinton "zipper door", the former CCTV football commentator Huang Jianxiang's "commentary door", and the "** door" in the European Serie A league, in fact, it can be seen from here that "door" does not only refer to some political scandals, but also major events in entertainment, sports and other industries can also be called "door". Nowadays, when some major events occur, people will name them "door", which means a series of events about xx. Another says that the "gate" originated from Nixon's "Watergate".

Originating from the "Watergate scandal" in the United States, at half past two in the morning on June 18, 1972, five people infiltrated the Watergate Building, the headquarters of the United States Democratic Party in Washington, D.C., and **, which seems to be a burglary in the general sense. Later, under the continuous ** of some excellent reporters, the truth of this incident was proved to be that Richard Nixon, who was the chairman of the Republican Party at the time (that is, Nixon who was later elected as the first president of the United States), authorized his subordinates to install bugging devices in the Watergate Building, the headquarters of the rival Democratic Party, in order to eavesdrop on the preparations of his opponents and ensure his re-election**. In this storied episode, journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward coined a new term – Watergate.

Since then, this incident has been widely known as the "Watergate Case", which is used to refer to the various ugly deeds of Nixon's Republican Party in order to win the election. On August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon became the first American** to resign. Nixon's resignation was largely due to the Watergate scandal.

This is also the first ** resignation in the history of the United States.

But since this famous political scandal, "...."Gate" is widely used to denote some political scandals, such as the British version of "Watergate", which now has a British prime minister, and also refers to the political scandal that happened to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.