-opoli
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Italian
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
Suffix
-opoli f
- -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.