Word: Ponytailgate
Part of speech: Proper noun
Syllables: po
ny
tail
gate
Definition: Proper noun~ A 2015 controversy around the alleged pulling of the hair of a young waitress by New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key.
Morphemes:
Affix: pony
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A ponytail hairstyle.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pullanus
Language: LL.
Decoded: pullanus
Meaning: young of an animal
Affix: tail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
Affix: -gate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Combined with keywords to form the names of scandals.