Re: TAN: new words [was: RE: LONG: Latest Wenetaic Stuff]
| From: | Don Blaheta <dpb@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 1, 1999, 18:38 |
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Quoth John Cowan:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Well, that's more a pun than a -gate type coining. Altho it seems to me
> > that the -gate thing started out as a pun. I believe Whitewatergate was
> > the first, which, if so, would've been a simple pun based on Watergate.\
>
> Good lord, no. There has been a steady stream of transient political
> words in -gate for every scandal since 1972. I remember "Briefingate"
> particularly.
I feel obliged to mention that L'Express used the word "Monicagate" to
refer to Bill's latest scandal. :)
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