-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/

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
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