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beachgate, n. {w} Also written BeachGate or Beachgate. the use by Governor Christie of a New Jersey beach which had been closed to the public, viewed as a scandal. Compare Bridgegate and Christiegate. Standard (used in informal contexts dealing especially with New Jersey state politics; frequency?) BeachGate has gone viral. The image of Chris Christie sunbathing on a shuttered Jersey beach fast became an instant meme, as Twitter users on Monday inserted the lounging GOP g...overnor into new scenes. Ruth Brown, Everybody pastes Chris, The New York Post (Nexis), July 4, 2017, p 4 It was as if New Jersey hadn’t announced on Friday that all nonessential state services such as parks, beaches, and motor vehicle offices would be closed over the holiday weekend. But here’s what makes it Beachgate. The beach was closed to us but not to his friends and family. What gall. It was a low-down thing to do. Jenice Armstrong, Gov. Christie gave us the middle finger with his beach move, The Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis), July 4, 2017, p WEB Composite (compound): formed from beach (eOED: 1600), as in beach-sploitation (ANW 81.4: 2005), + -gate (BDNE3: 1973), as in Interngate (DC: 1998), [ultimately from Watergate (BDNE3: 1973)]. LexikHouse.com/BNFD