. . . abrogate . .
. . Wha
This a new gate for the list
perplexed A new gate? List?
Watergate
Irangate
giggled Irongate
What do they have to do
with abrogate?
Bear with me
Controversies referred to with a –gate
suffix
What’s with you and suffixes?
Please Simple
Provides me a fix Affixes
Jeez.
Not so clever.
More so than you
Blame it on William
Safire Conservative New York Times
columnist a former Nixon speechwriter
For a proposed pardon of
Watergate criminals and Vietnam War dodgers he cited created Vietgate
On a roll he devised Billygate
Briefingate Contragate Deavergate Debategate Doublebillingsgate Frankiegate
Franklingate Genschergate Housegate Iraqgate Koreagate Lancegate Maggiegate
Nannygate Raidergate Scalpgate Travelgate
Troopergate Whitewatergate
Libfixes
Used
to embellish a noun or name to suggest the existence of a farreaching
scandal Particularly in politics and
government
Libfix a productive bound
morpheme affix created by rebracketing an backformation a generalisation of a component of a blended
or portmanteau word
Hence Abrogate
Follow
Affixes
Prefix
Suffix
Circumfix
Duplifix
Inflix
Interfix
Transfix
Simulfix
Suprafix
Disfix
What
the hell arya talking about?
Christ
How clear do I have to make it Ive
laid the groundwork You work a little
I . .
. . Excuse
me excuse me You don like to work tha
hard
No I don’t.
No ya don
So you aint playin
I’m not.
You’re doing nothing but
irritating me.
At which I excel
You do.
Second
to none
Nobody else is even
in the running
Not a fucking soul.
See There ya go
Yare so close so close
If it were a snake itd have
bit you in the ass anyad die Tough
You’re so ridiculous. WHAT?
Soul Yasaid it
Coud have been Rodney
King Coud have been George Floyd Coud have been Eric Garner the original
I
Cant Breathe Over fuckin looseys
Jesus
Christ Cops
Anthen there are white cops
What are you going on about?
Back to the beginning Can you possibly recall You of little retention an memory
Abrogate
Yah Abrogate
A bro a black brother Gate
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