noun [usually as modifier] deflategate de·flate·gate a situation in which one side is unable to extricate itself from a dangerous dilemma, especially one involv

noun [usually as modifier] deflategate de·flate·gate a situation in which one side is unable to extricate itself from a dangerous dilemma, especially one involving civil disobedience or military attack "a nuclear deflategate could doom the North Korea situation" a word that does not exist; it was invented, defined and used by a machine learning algorithm. This word was used for the Patriots scandal a few years ago. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflategate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflategate