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.
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jcorvera@quokk.au 17 hours ago
We really need to stop affixing -gate on to every conspiracy and scandal.
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
jcorvera@quokk.au 15 hours ago
Thing is, the most recent findings go back almost 15 or more…
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 17 hours ago
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.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 16 hours ago
-slop seems to have already caught on
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 13 hours ago
Gates-slop. Sounds like a mess made in the bedroom.