The suffix -ee
Today, I've watched an American TV program in which the host used the noun "stripees" within the context of stripping some US official of security clearances by President.
I'm not so sure whether I picked up that word properly or misheard it. Is such a noun a legitimate word in English? Can you add the suffix -ee to any transitive verb to create a new noun?
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The one who does the stripping is the stripper, and the one who receives the action of having been stripped of something is the strippee. It is a made-up form people would understand, but it's not in common usage at this time. "
- The one who does the stripping is the stripper, and the one who receives the action of having been stripped of something is the strippee.
- It is a made-up form people would understand, but it's not in common usage at this time.
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The one who does the stripping is the stripper, and the one who receives the action of having been stripped of something is the strippee. It is a made-up form people would understand, but it's not in common usage at this time. I've never heard it before, but I understand it from other examples like "payer" and "payee."
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