Pity poor -palooza, for its day has apparently passed.
And I hate the -gate suffix for scandals. At least a lot of the other ones have some linguistic basis. "-gasm" being meant for things that are pleasurable, "-splaining" coming from explaining, etc. But -gate didn't even mean anything in its original context. How I wish they'd bugged a HoJo's.
Pity poor -palooza, for its day has apparently passed.
ReplyDeleteAnd I hate the -gate suffix for scandals. At least a lot of the other ones have some linguistic basis. "-gasm" being meant for things that are pleasurable, "-splaining" coming from explaining, etc. But -gate didn't even mean anything in its original context. How I wish they'd bugged a HoJo's.
I'm a fan of "mansplaining". Hope it sticks.
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