GUBU
adj.— «Irish people have a confused, contradictory, even GUBU attitude to property.» —“Nation of property addicts who just want more and more” by John Mulcahy Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland) July 17, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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