Comments on: No more “-gates” to dub scandals

By: Lexicography.com

Lexicography.com — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:28:50 +0000

Armies of Liberation � No more �-gates� to dub scandals
Mikey likes it:

A commenter called WMD at the wonderful INDC suggests we change the lexicon of the blogsphere and stop attaching the suffix �-gate� to reference a scandal, that instead we use the suffix

�a-QUIDDICK�

Thus Eason-gate becomes …

By: Random Thoughts From Marybeth

Random Thoughts From Marybeth — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:08:25 +0000

Replacing the “-gates”
A post in Armies of Liberation suggests replacing the “-gate” suffix used for scandals with �a-QUIDDICK�. I think this is an excellent suggestion. It seems especially appropriate for when the evidence indicates that somone has done something wrong ye…

By: milo

milo — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:41:37 +0000

I’ve been partial to -sky (as in Lewinsky)to memorialize when our first elected president was impeached. It’s a lot easy to say than a-quiddick. For example memosky, travelsky, Easonsky (or is that Davosky?)

By: Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:48:49 +0000

Great Idea
I found a cool post at Random Nuclear Strikes ,that talked about an idea that Jane from Armies of Liberation had.Jane was sick of hearing the tag-line “gate”,stuck on the end of every scandal that comes along(i.e. ‘memogate’).
So Jane thought a be…

By: Random Nuclear Strikes

Random Nuclear Strikes — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:34:22 +0000

I Like It!
Jane at the Armies of Liberation blog got tired of the scandal suffix �-gate� and has created a new one�. �-quiddick�. I like it! Instead of ‘Memogate’, ‘Memoquiddick’. Yes, much better! Found @ INDC Journal…

By: Kin's Kouch

Kin's Kouch — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:19:48 +0000

I’m game…
It’s enough with the -gate suffix on scandals. This is a Democrat/liberal ploy to rub the right’s face in Watergate. It’s time to fight back. Jane of Armies of Liberation has suggested a replacement. It’s now – a-Quiddik. So…go read…

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:05:50 +0000

Kennedy-ized! fantasti-quiddick!

How about Clintonized – fantaasti-water (whitewater)

Maybe even Deanized – fantasti-nyeargh

Nope, none of them have the same ring as -quiddick.

Good work Jane!

By: Kin's Kouch

Kin's Kouch — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:50:37 +0000

By: John

John — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 06:56:56 +0000

Can Jane collect the $300K MacArthur Genius Award now? I think she could put it to good use.

By: The Jawa Report

The Jawa Report — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:24:32 +0000

The post in which I propose the word “bitch” be used instead of “gate” for all future political scandals (except Rick James)
Water-”bitch”, Iran-Contra-”bitch”, Dan Rather-”bitch”, Memo-”bitch”, Whitewater-”bitch”, Eason-”bitch”, etc…. Related. And more. Also….