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Word or term that defines the use of a suffix unrelated to its meaning?
I was thinking about how after watergate people use -gate to mark something as a conspiracy (e.g. deflategate, spygate, pizzagate, etc). I’m curious if there is a term or word that defines that process. Is it just simply co-opting a word, or is there a specific term?
u/Any_Strain_8582 — 8 days ago