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Portraitgate

Portraitgate proper noun: a 2009 controversy that occurred when art galleries in Dublin displayed two oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, in the nude.

Proper noun

Portraitgate

  1. (informal) A 2009 controversy that occurred when art galleries in Dublin displayed two oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, in the nude.

Origin of Portraitgate

From portrait + -gate.

Questions about Portraitgate

What does Portraitgate mean?
Portraitgate means a 2009 controversy that occurred when art galleries in Dublin displayed two oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, in the nude.
What part of speech is Portraitgate?
Portraitgate is a proper noun.

Words near Portraitgate in the dictionary

  1. Portrack
  2. portrait
  3. portrait painting
  4. portrait paintings
  5. portraited
  6. Portraitgate
  7. portraiting
  8. portraitist
  9. portraitists
  10. portraitlike
  11. portraitor

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