Gaetz

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪts/
• Homophone: Gates

Proper noun

Gaetz (plural Gaetzs or Gaetzes)

1. A surname.
   • 2020 March, Ryan Bort, “The MAGA Mouthpiece”, in Rolling Stone, page 42:

     "I do think that some of the blue-checkmark brigade backlash on Twitter that you all in the media so predictably overreact to is non-organic," he says, using the Trumpworld shorthand for "verified" Twitter users. (Gaetz is a verified Twitter user.)

   • 2024 December 23, Sarah Ferris and Jeremy Herb, “House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs including paying a 17-year-old for sex in 2017”, in CNN‎:

     The committee’s investigation into Gaetz began in 2021 but was put on hold while a separate, yearslong federal sex-trafficking investigation into the former congressman was underway.

See also

• Gates

Anagrams

• gazet