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Pastagate
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English
Etymology
From en pasta gate.
Proper noun
en neologism The 2013 scandal wherein an Italian restaurant was requested by the OQLF to use the French language on its menus. The incident was falsely believed to have been an attempt by Quebec to ban the word ‘pasta.’