「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 hours agoIf Bill Gates get involved in a scandal, is it now called a Billgate?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareIf Bill Gates get involved in a scandal, is it now called a Billgate?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejcorvera@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 hours agoWe really need to stop affixing -gate on to every conspiracy and scandal.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 hours agoThat’s outrageous. What you are suggesting is gategate!
minus-squareSanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 hours agoYou can’t just take it away - ya gotta come up with a good replacement that’ll catch on even better so people will switch.
minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours ago-slop seems to have already caught on
minus-squareZoteTheMighty@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoThe problem isn’t the -gate suffix, it’s that we’ve had a once-in-a-decade scandal each month for the last 10 years.
We really need to stop affixing
-gateon to every conspiracy and scandal.That’s outrageous. What you are suggesting is gategate!
You can’t just take it away - ya gotta come up with a good replacement that’ll catch on even better so people will switch.
-slop seems to have already caught on
The problem isn’t the -gate suffix, it’s that we’ve had a once-in-a-decade scandal each month for the last 10 years.