Word: Choppergate
Part of speech: Proper noun
Syllables: cho
pper
gate
Definition: Proper noun~ A 2011 controversy around the broadcast by Nine News of fake footage of a helicopter supposedly flying near Beerwah, Queensland, where the remains of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe had been found earlier that month.
Morphemes:
Affix: chopper
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A helicopter; an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
Affix: -gate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Combined with keywords to form the names of scandals.