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Pastagate

Pastagate proper noun: the 2013 scandal wherein an Italian restaurant was requested by the OQLF to use the French language on its menus. The incident was falsely believed to have been an attempt by Quebec to ban the word ‘pasta.’.

Proper noun

Pastagate

  1. (neologism) The 2013 scandal wherein an Italian restaurant was requested by the OQLF to use the French language on its menus. The incident was falsely believed to have been an attempt by Quebec to ban the word ‘pasta.’

Origin of Pastagate

From pasta + -gate.

Questions about Pastagate

What does Pastagate mean?
Pastagate means the 2013 scandal wherein an Italian restaurant was requested by the OQLF to use the French language on its menus. The incident was falsely believed to have been an attempt by Quebec to ban the word ‘pasta.’.
What part of speech is Pastagate?
Pastagate is a proper noun.

Words near Pastagate in the dictionary

  1. pasta window
  2. pastable
  3. Pastafarian
  4. Pastafarianism
  5. Pastafarians
  6. Pastagate
  7. pastaholic
  8. pastaholics
  9. pastalaya
  10. pastaless
  11. pastalike

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