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-opoli
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Italian
it 2019 April 22
Etymology
it Tangentopoli, which was formed from it tangente kickback + it -poli city, but was reanalyzed by journalists to produce a suffix analogous to en -gate.
Pronunciation
-òpoli
Suffix
f
-gate used to form names of scandals
it 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
it
Anagrams
it iloop -polio piolo polio polio-