GUBU
adj.— «Gubu happens to be my personal contribution to the political lexicon of the contemporary Republic.» —“Power that must be denied” by Conor Cruise O’Brien The Times (London, Eng.) May 30, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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