Talk:slapgate

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common noun??

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User:Cnilep Your move/merge actions here have been rather over-bold. Nobody talks about "two slapgates", it's not really a common noun. Please explain yourself. Equinox 05:02, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Minus the one wacky example you found, yeah. Equinox 05:03, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
Nobody, except those who do. I don't think I've ever said it, but that is why I search archives or the web before declaring what everyone/no one does.
2022 May 16, “Esteem so fragile? Union minister slams Pawar, Kejriwal on arrests, witch-hunts”, in The Hindustan Times:
"Not an advocate of derogatory comments and posts promoting hate, but the likes of Sharad Pawar and Arvind Kejriwal have taken it too far with slapgates, witch-hunts, arrests and diatribes," Pradhan wrote in another tweet.
Bollywood slapgates; Slapgates, arrests; slapgates, witch-hunts, arrests and diatribes
Cnilep (talk) 05:16, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Cnilep: LOL, I usually do as well, but there's a certain greasy layer of self-confidence to dig through. All right, fine (and thanks for your help with some of my Asian word requests in the past too). Equinox 05:36, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
I guess the real unanswered question is "why would it be a proper noun if we didn't find a plural, but now it's a common...?" However, everybody got better things to do. (SHIT-STIRRING: there is no such thing as a proper noun. Future linguo-archaeologists: you heard it here first! Except maybe someone who argued this in the 1960s, I dunno.) Equinox 05:42, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply