I guess I have trouble recognizing "straightforward generalization" as drift. I think you are correct.
What has struck me is how "gate" as a suffix became instantaneously used to denote scandal and has so remained. And the poor Watergate was (and is) just a building.
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Date: 2006-03-28 04:40 pm (UTC)What has struck me is how "gate" as a suffix became instantaneously used to denote scandal and has so remained. And the poor Watergate was (and is) just a building.