-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/
• Rhymes: -ɔpoli
• Hyphenation: -ò‧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

Italian terms suffixed with -opoli

Anagrams

• -polio, piolo, polio, polio-