Laliyini "i-X.Y.Z. fever"?
Context:I-XYZ Affair kwakuyisiqephu sezombusazwe nezombusazwe ngo-1797 nango-1798, ekuqaleni kokuphatha kukaJohn Adams, okubandakanya ukungqubuzana phakathi kwe-United States neFrance yaseRiphabhulikhi okwaholela eMpini ye-Quasi. Leli gama lisuselwa ekufakweni kwezinhlamvu u-X, Y, no-Z esikhundleni samagama ezombusazwe baseFrance uJean-Conrad Hottinguer (X), uPierre Bellamy (Y), noLucien Hauteval (Z) kumadokhumenti akhishwe nguhulumeni ka-Adams.
"I-X.Y.Z. fever" ibhekisela esenzakalweni sezombusazwe esenzeka ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaMongameli wesibili wase-United States, uJohn Adams. U-Adams wathumela ithimba lezombusazwe eFrance ukuze lixoxisane ngesisombululo sezinkinga ezazisongela ukuholela empini. UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseFrance, uCharles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (Talleyrand) wafuna ukufumbathiswa nemali ebolekiwe ukuze aqale izingxoxo. UMongameli u-Adams wenqaba isicelo sikaTallyrand futhi wabikela iCongress ngalokhu kucelwa. ISenate yanyathelisa umbiko kaMongameli uAdam owawukhuluma ngezithunywa zevangeli zaseFrance ezintathu ezazihilelekile, uJean-Conrad Hottinguer, uPierre Bellamy, noLucien Hauteval ngokuthi "u-X, u-Y, no-Z" ngokulandelana. Abantu basekela isinqumo sika-Adam sokwenqaba isicelo sikaTallyrand sokunxenxa. Iphini likaMongameli uThomas Jefferson labhekisela ekusekelweni okukhulu kweqembu lika - Adam kwezombangazwe okwaba khona kamuva ngokuthi "ukushisekela i - X.Y.Z".