[ksynwa]

Is Writergate a technical term or a reference to Watergate?

[n42]

in a sense it's a reference to Allocgate (a previous big breaking change to allocators in Zig), which was itself a reference to Watergate

[kzrdude]

by now it's a well worn/used trope to make -gate names for any scandal. But the distance in time (and culture) to the original Watergate scandal is growing, so it seems less impactful now.

[lenkite]

It also deeply confuses international readers. Need to learn American history to to get an idea of what is being conveyed.

[hiccuphippo]

Evem not knowing the history of Watergate, it's a meme now. A few months ago in a spanish speaking country there was a case known as "Rolexgate": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolexgate

[geon]

> the original Watergate scandal

You mean the Watergate-gate?

[simondotau]

Weird that anyone is downvoting this, as it’s a precisely correct answer.