Meaning of GUBU | Babel Free

Definitions

A political scandal.

Ireland

Examples

“The problem for the taoiseach is that he is increasingly being called on to defend his administration as the GUBUs loom before it.”

“In one handwritten memo, the writer refers to the Garda report in a scathing and sarcastic manner and calls it 'a hysterical attempt to cover up a GUBU'.”

“The GUBU had been a GUBU alright, no doubt about that, but Mr Haughey was there and the GUBU was taken care of […]”

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