Word: Smeargate
Part of speech: Proper noun
Syllables: smear
gate
Definition: Proper noun~ A political scandal of 2009 in which Derek Draper and Damian McBride plotted to post false rumours on the Internet about the private lives of prominent members of the Conservative Party and their spouses.
Morphemes:
Affix: smear
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
Affix: -gate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Combined with keywords to form the names of scandals.