Traingate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (informal) A 2016 controversy around a video of the politician sitting on the floor of a supposedly crowded train, which Corbyn used in support of his policy to reverse the 1990s privatization of British railways. Later, CCTV images were released that appeared to show Corbyn walking past available seats, leading to accusations that the incident had been staged for political gain.
Etymology
Suffix from English train.
Origin
English
train
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerotrain English
- antitrain English
- autotrain English
- beamtrain English
- cat train English
- cross-train English
- detrain English
- drivetrain English
- housetrain English
- hovertrain English
- intertrain English
- mistrain English
- nontrain English
- outtrain English
- overtrain English
- powertrain English
- pretrain English
- pulsetrain English
- retrain English
- train English
- train-mate English
- trainability English
- trainable English
- trainband English
- trainbearer English
- traincrew English
- trainee English
- trainer English
- trainest English
- traineth English
- trainful English
- trainless English
- trainlike English
- trainload English
- trainman English
- trainmaster English
- trainset English
- trainsick English
- trainspotter English
- trainward English
- trainway English
- trainyard English
- turbotrain English
- undertrain English
- untrain English
- uptrain English
- vactrain English
- valvetrain English
- trainen Dutch, Flemish
- train French
- тренировать Russian
- trene Norwegian Bokmål
- trena Norwegian Nynorsk
- train Middle English
- traein Irish
- traenáil Irish
- træne Danish
- train Old French
- ट्रेन Hindi
- trên Welsh
- trèan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- traen Manx
- tren Malay
- train Middle French
- treni Swahili
- ट्रेन Marathi
- ট্রেন Bengali
- tren Central Melanau
- train
- uptrain
- retrain
- detrain
- trainer
- untrain
- trainee
- outtrain
- vactrain
- nontrain
- trainset
- trainful
- trainest
- trainway
- pretrain
- trainman
- traineth
- mistrain
- antitrain
- trainlike
- trainable
- autotrain
- trainload
- trainsick
- trainyard
- trainband
- beamtrain
- aerotrain
- traincrew
- trainward
- cat train
- trainless
- overtrain
- housetrain
- turbotrain
- powertrain
- train-mate
- drivetrain
- intertrain
- hovertrain
- pulsetrain
- undertrain
- valvetrain
- trainmaster
- trainbearer
- cross-train
- trainspotter
- trainability