Pastagate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (neologism) The 2013 scandal wherein an Italian restaurant was requested by the OQLF to use the French language on its menus. The incident was falsely believed to have been an attempt by Quebec to ban the word ‘pasta.’
Etymology
Suffix from English pasta.
Origin
English
pasta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- creepypasta English
- nonpasta English
- pasta English
- pastaholic English
- pastaless English
- pastalike English
- pasta Italian
- पास्ता Hindi
- พาสตา Thai
- pasta Welsh