Deep Throat
/ˌdiːp ˈθrəʊt/
/ˌdiːp ˈθrəʊt/
- the humorous name taken from the title of a sex film and used by two Washington Post journalists, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, to refer to the person who gave them a lot of information about Watergate. They never revealed the person's real name.
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