GUBU
(Ireland, politics) A political scandal.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(Ireland, politics) A political scandal.
Origin: An acronym for grotesque, unprecedented, bizarre, unbelievable, all words used by Taoiseach Charles Haughey to describe the discovery of a murderer as a guest in the house of Patrick Connolly, Attorney General of Ireland in 1982. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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