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Bananagate

name

Etymology

From banana + -gate.

  1. derived from بَنَان
  2. derived from ꕒꘌꕯ
  3. derived from banana
  4. derived from banaana
  5. borrowed from banana
  6. borrowed from banana
  7. suffixed as bananagate — “banana + gate”

Definitions

  1. A scandal of the 1970s involving bribes to the Honduran president to reduce the export…

    A scandal of the 1970s involving bribes to the Honduran president to reduce the export tax on bananas. It provoked the overthrow of Honduras' military government.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA