I hope the trend of using 'Brexit' for every sort of sitation doesn't turn into

[redgunamo]

Well it does make sense as people now know if the suffix -gate is used it denotes a scandal - that's kind of how language works. Of course how it came about makes no sense but no one cares about it

Is there a German word for "elephant-in-the-room"?

My sources say "Nein!"