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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