donglegate

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Synonyms: congregate

Antonyms: congregate

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Proper noun

1. A [[controversy]] of 2013 in which a woman at a [[technology]] [[conference]] took [[offense]] on [[overhear]]ing an apparently [[ribald]] [[joke]] involving the word {{m|en|dongle}} and published the two men's [[photograph]]s on the [[Internet]] in an attempt to [[shame]] them, causing one to be [[fire]]d from his [[job]].

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