GUBU

gubu English Etymology An acronym for en grotesque, en unprecedented, en bizarre, en unbelievable, all words used by Taoiseach Charles Haughey to describe Malcolm MacArthur affair the discovery of a murderer as a guest in the house of Patrick Connolly, Attorney General of Ireland in 1982. Noun en Ireland politics A political scandal. en 1989 Fortnight The problem for the taoiseach is that he is increasingly being called on to defend his administration as the GUBUs loom before it. en 2006 Gerry O'Carroll The Sheriff: A Detective's Story Mainstream Publishing Company In one handwritten memo, the writer refers to the Garda report in a scathing and sarcastic manner and calls it 'a hysterical attempt to cover up a GUBU'. en 2013 John Horgan Great Irish Reportage Penguin UK 9781844883226 The GUBU had been a GUBU alright, no doubt about that, but Mr Haughey was there and the GUBU was taken care of en acronyms