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Closet is a related term of closetgate.


As a noun closet

is closet.

As a proper noun closetgate is

a scandal involving the aftermath of events that occurred following the airing of the .

closet

English

Noun

(wikipedia closet) (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
    • (Dryden)
  • A small private chamber.
  • * Goldsmith
    • a chair-lumbered closet , just twelve feet by nine
  • * Bible, Matthew vi. 6
    • When thou prayest, enter into thy closet .
  • A toilet; a water closet.
  • (figuratively) The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet, a place to keep things hidden.
    • The'' 'closet''' can be a scary place for a gay teenager.

    Synonyms

    * (A piece of furniture) cupboard, wardrobe, press (British), locker, cabinet

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Secret.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * closeted * closet oneself * come out of the closet * earth closet * in the closet * skeleton in the closet * water closet

    See also

    * come out * out

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shut away for private discussion.
    • The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
  • To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
  • * (rfdate) (Bancroft)
    • He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
  • * (rfdate) (Froude)
    • He had been closeted with De Quadra.
  • To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
  • * (rfdate) (Cowper)
    • Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    closetgate

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A scandal involving the aftermath of events that occurred following the airing of the .
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2006 , date=March 18 , author=Scott Collins , title= Clamor outside `South Park' closet , work= citation , page= , passage=Closetgate is heating up! Paramount has joined Tom Cruise's public relations rep in denying reports that the movie star strong-armed the studio into spiking a "South Park" episode that ridicules him and Scientology.}}
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2006 , date=March 19 , author=David Usborne , title=South Park declares war on Tom Cruise , work= citation , page= , passage=The Los Angeles Times dubbed the flap Closetgate . "For Stone and Parker, Closetgate will be the gift that keeps on giving," it said.}}
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2006 , date=August 23 , author=Anu Anand , title=Congo, Iran & Tom Cruise , work= citation , page= , passage=Viacom says it's dropping actor Tom Cruise for his strange behaviour. You fans will remember the South Park 'Closetgate' episode and 'couch incident' on the popular talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show of May 23, 2005.}}
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2009 , date= , author=David Lake , title=The 10 Most Controversial 'South Park' Episodes , work= citation , page= , passage=Dubbed Closetgate , Comedy Central, a network owned by Viacom, pulled a rerun of this Emmy-nominated episode, supposedly under pressure from Tom Cruise, who threatened to bail out of promoting his upcoming film "Mission: Impossible III," which was being released by Paramount, a division of Viacom.}}
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2009 , date= , author= , title=Tom Cruise - Biography , work= citation , page= , passage=Matt Stone and Trey Parker – the show’s fearless creators – were not afraid to call out Cruise on his power play – being dubbed “Closetgate ” by The L.A. Times – even taking out ads, proclaiming tongue-in-cheek that they themselves were "servants of Xenu" and that the "million-year war for Earth" had only just begun, presumably now that their show had been screwed with backdoor deals.}}
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2009 , date= , author= , title=Off-screen antics cost Cruise , work= citation , page= , passage=Loony toon ... Controversy erupted in March over a South Park episode that made light of Tom's religion, Scientology. The LA Times dubbed it "Closetgate " as Comedy Central pulled the episode at the last minute.}}

    Quotations

    Related terms

    * -gate *Watergate *closet

    References