Portraitgate

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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

Etymology

From portrait + -gate.

Related phrases

oil painting

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