Bridgeghazi

English

Etymology

From bridge +‎ -ghazi.

Proper noun

Bridgeghazi

1. Synonym of Bridgegate.
   • 2014 January 9, Christopher Zara, “Bridgeghazi Backlash: Conservatives Livid Over Hashtag For Chris Christie GWB Scandal”, in International Business Times‎, archived from the original on 13 March 2014:

     The Bridgeghazi hashtag has been going strong on Twitter for more than 24 hours, but for different reasons.

   • 2014 January 10, Caitlin Dewey, “Twitter has spoken — it’s Bridgegate, not Bridgeghazi”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 12 August 2016:

     There are many merits to calling the scandal Bridgeghazi, of course, most notably that it’s (1) monumentally more clever than the tired “-gate” suffix and (2) not also the name of a British security company, a defunct drug clinic, a California recruiting firm and a purported film production company with a very sketchy Web site.

   • 2014 January 12, Adam Chandler, “Chris Christie and Bridgeghazi Dominate the Sunday Shows”, in The Wire‎, archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     It's been three full days since New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gave his marathon press conference about the Bridgeghazi scandal and was squired to Fort Lee to apologize to Mayor Mark Sokolich.