-opoli
Italian
FWOTD – 22 April 2019
Etymology
Back-formation from Tangentopoli, which was formed from tangente (“kickback”) + -poli (“city”), but was reanalyzed by journalists to produce a suffix analogous to English -gate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.po.li/
- Rhymes: -ɔpoli
- Hyphenation: -ò‧po‧li
Suffix
-opoli f
- -gate (used to form names of scandals)
- 2012, Antonio Giangrande, Concorsopoli ed esamopoli: Concorsi pubblici ed esami di Stato:
- Fermiamo la concorsopoli per i giornalisti negli enti pubblici.
- Let's end the competitiongate for the journalists in public entities.
Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -opoli
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