GUBU
adj.— «The story took another twist and headed straight for GUBU country. Between 6pm Monday night and 7.15am Tuesday morning someone broke into the offices of the Equestrian Federation of Ireland and stole a file on O’Connor’s number two horse.» —“A heist, a con-job and conspiracy theories galore” by Tommy Conlon Sunday Independent (Ireland) Nov. 7, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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