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Maduro diet

Maduro diet proper noun: starvation in Venezuela perceived to be due to the policies implemented by Nicolás Maduro.

Proper noun

the Maduro diet

  1. (derogatory, informal) Starvation in Venezuela perceived to be due to the policies implemented by Nicolás Maduro.
    • Long-forgotten diseases such as diphtheria had returned, along with malnutrition; 'the Maduro diet' led to three-quarters of the population losing eight kilograms or more in 2016.2017, Alexander Parker, Tim Richman, 50 People Who Messed up the World, →ISBN, page 72
    • During a nationally televised speech this week, Maduro asked an audience member why he was so skinny, and one woman shouted out “the Maduro diet”—a common phrase among increasingly hungry Venezuelans.2016, The Week, page 8

Questions about Maduro diet

What does Maduro diet mean?
Maduro diet means starvation in Venezuela perceived to be due to the policies implemented by Nicolás Maduro.
What part of speech is Maduro diet?
Maduro diet is a proper noun.

Words near Maduro diet in the dictionary

  1. Maduran
  2. Madurans
  3. Madurese
  4. Madurism
  5. maduro
  6. Maduro diet
  7. maduromycosis
  8. maduropeptin
  9. maduros
  10. madurose
  11. madware

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