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It's weird, but it's also how language evolves sometimes. Once used in a certain way, words or parts of words take on that meaning. For example, there's an apa
by adrianmonk 3y ago
It's weird, but it's also how language evolves sometimes. Once used in a certain way, words or parts of words take on that meaning.
For example, there's an apartment and office building complex on a site near a historic canal and dam. The building development was named after this site. Then in one of the apartments (CORRECTION: offices), a scandalous political event happened. The complex was called Watergate, the scandal was called Watergate too, and now the suffix -gate is used for scandals.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Then in one of the apartments, a scandalous political event happened. It was one of the offices, not one of the apartments (specifically, it was series of break-ins to and the wiretapping of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee by people working for President Nixon’s re-election committee.)
- adrianmonk 3y agoOops! I double-checked that detail, made a mental note to say it was an office, and then typed apartment anyway.