Fingergate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (informal) A 2015 controversy around a video, later found to be doctored, allegedly showing Greek Finance Minister making an obscene hand gesture to punctuate his comments about the financial relationship of Greece and Germany during a lecture in Croatia in 2013.
Etymology
Suffix from English finger.
Origin
English
finger
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befinger English
- chicken finger English
- eigenfinger English
- finger English
- finger-wag English
- fingerbang English
- fingerblast English
- fingerboard English
- fingerbone English
- fingerbreadth English
- fingercot English
- fingercuffs English
- fingered English
- fingerer English
- fingerfuck English
- fingerfucker English
- fingerful English
- fingerguard English
- fingerhold English
- fingerhole English
- fingerish English
- fingerless English
- fingerlike English
- fingerling English
- fingermark English
- fingernail English
- fingerpaint English
- fingerpainter English
- fingerpick English
- fingerplate English
- fingerplay English
- fingerpost English
- fingerprick English
- fingerprint English
- fingerroot English
- fingersbreadth English
- fingersmith English
- fingerspell English
- fingerspeller English
- fingerspelling English
- fingerstick English
- fingerstyle English
- fingersucking English
- fingertip English
- fingerwear English
- fingerwise English
- fingery English
- five finger English
- forefinger English
- interfinger English
- ladyfinger English
- leech-finger English
- multifinger English
- nanofinger English
- splitfinger English
- trigger finger English
- Finger German
- fynger Middle English
- fingro Esperanto
- pinga Tok Pisin
- finga Sranan Tongo
- pingga Torres Strait Creole
- finger
- fingery
- fingered
- fingerer
- befinger
- fingerful
- fingercot
- fingertip
- fingerish
- fingerplay
- forefinger
- fingerhole
- fingerroot
- ladyfinger
- nanofinger
- fingerhold
- fingerwear
- fingerfuck
- fingerless
- fingerling
- fingernail
- finger-wag
- fingerpick
- fingermark
- fingerbang
- fingerwise
- fingerlike
- fingerpost
- fingerbone
- fingerboard
- eigenfinger
- fingerblast
- fingerstyle
- interfinger
- fingerplate
- fingerpaint
- fingersmith
- fingerprick
- fingerspell
- fingercuffs
- fingerguard
- five finger
- fingerprint
- multifinger
- splitfinger
- fingerstick
- fingerfucker
- leech-finger
- fingerspeller
- fingerbreadth
- fingerpainter
- fingersucking
- chicken finger
- trigger finger
- fingerspelling
- fingersbreadth