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Titan crew said 'all good here' before submersible imploded (www.bbc.com)
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[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

It originated from the Watergate scandal iirc. Watergate being the Watergate hotel but I guess water and gate are easy to separate and -gate kind of works as a suffix.