Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:26:44 EST
From: GarethB2 GarethB2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM
Subject: Re: Sexgate words
In a message dated 1/23/98 5:14:39 PM, laurence.horn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU wrote:
Today's New York Post (Friday, 1-23-98) is going with "Sexgate."
I think a better alternative, both because of its intonational contour and
its somewhat more creative semantics, is...
ZIPPERGATE
(courtesy of the Toronto Sun, according to a third-generation e-mailing I
just received). Productive morphology marches on!
Bill Maher used "Zippergate" on Politically Incorrect last night.
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