Flakegate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (UK) A controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter to Grant Bovey, where the two were photographed eating Snowflake chocolate bars and the pictures were subsequently used to promote the product, damaging Turner's credibility.
Etymology
Suffix from English flake.
Origin
English
flake
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiflake English
- beflake English
- branflake English
- cornflake English
- flake English
- flakeable English
- flakeboard English
- flakeless English
- flakelet English
- flakelike English
- flakeproof English
- flaker English
- flaky English
- microflake English
- nanoflake English
- snowflake English
- soapflake English
- sootflake English
- wheatflake English
- flake Middle English