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For the love of God can we pleaaase stop referring to scandals as “something-gate”.
by rubyist5eva 5y ago
For the love of God can we pleaaase stop referring to scandals as “something-gate”.
- lordnacho 5y agoWhy? It's not a bad idea, a certain suffix that means "scandal" is useful, no?
- valenterry 5y agoHow about using just -scandal?
- pessimizer 5y agoSpanish has a million good suffixes, but my favorite is "-azo", which means hitting somebody with something. Puppyazo would be a reference to when somebody was hit with a puppy (or when a puppy was hit, or a when a shockingly big puppy was revealed.)
- selimthegrim 5y agoSo Caracazo means Caracas hit...itself?
- kjaftaedi 5y agoI think you missed the chance to voice this opinion 50 years ago.
- rubyist5eva 5y agoThe Watergate scandal had nothing to do with "water". It was the actual name of the hotel where the crime took place. "Dieselgate" is a meaningless word.