-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

  1. -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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