Fartgate

English Etymology From en fart -gate. Proper noun en informal Any controversy involving flatulence. en Frank Keogh Gary Anderson-Wesley Harms 'fartgate': We must get to bottom of it, jokes Barry Hearn w:BBC Sport https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/46246500 2018-11-17 When a sport is rocked by "fartgate", the only thing the person in charge can do is laugh. https://web.archive.org/web/20181129195857/https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/46246500 en Benjamin Mueller Showmanship, and Conflict, as Darts Goes From Smoky Pubs to TV Spectacle w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/world/europe/darts-world-championship-celebration-fartgate.html 2018-12-28 Mr. Anderson was accused last month of passing gas so pungent it threw his opponent off, an incident soon dubbed Fartgate. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224185504/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/world/europe/darts-world-championship-celebration-fartgate.html en Angela Watercutter With #Fartgate, Twitter Was a Gas Once Again WIRED (magazine) WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/fartgate/ 2019-11-19 This, reader, is where the true meaning of #Fartgate came alive. Arguing over who flatulated on MSNBC—or whether anyone did at all—isn’t the point. The point is that Twitter used to be about goofing off and making each other laugh. https://web.archive.org/web/20260811064500/https://www.wired.com/story/fartgate/ 11 August 2026 en Peter Weber The Daily Show gets to the bottom of the MSNBC-Eric Swalwell #Fartgate mystery w:The Week https://theweek.com/speedreads/879599/daily-show-gets-bottom-msnbceric-swalwell-fartgate-mystery 2019-11-20 The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon ran with it, a little sheepishly. "The other big political story is that the hashtag #Fartgate was trending yesterday after people thought Rep. Eric Swalwell may have passed gas on live TV," he said. https://web.archive.org/web/20200212013341/https://theweek.com/speedreads/879599/daily-show-gets-bottom-msnbceric-swalwell-fartgate-mystery