Teapot Domen.

/ˈtiːpɒt dəʊm/

Etymology: < Teapot Dome, the name of a naval oil reserve in Wyoming, irregularly leased by the U.S. Government in 1922.

Used attributively and absol. to designate the political scandal resulting from the lease of Teapot Dome and, allusively, any similar later scandal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] > a scandal or infamous event or state of things > type of

Teapot Dome1936

Watergate1973

spy scandal1977

1936 F. D. Roosevelt Nothing to Fear (1947) 64 In spite of all the demand for speed, the complexity of the problem and all the vast sums of money involved, we have had no Teapot Dome.

1973 New Yorker 28 Apr. 31/2 Senator Barry Goldwater made his statement: ‘The Watergate. The Watergate. It's beginning to be like Teapot Dome.’

1977 Time 23 May 54/2 In an era of Teapot Dome and bathtub gin, he [sc. Lindbergh] seemed to Americans a cleaner, sharper version of themselves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	teapot dome
释义	Teapot Domen. /ˈtiːpɒt dəʊm/ Etymology: < Teapot Dome, the name of a naval oil reserve in Wyoming, irregularly leased by the U.S. Government in 1922. Used attributively and absol. to designate the political scandal resulting from the lease of Teapot Dome and, allusively, any similar later scandal. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] > a scandal or infamous event or state of things > type of Teapot Dome1936 Watergate1973 spy scandal1977 1936 F. D. Roosevelt Nothing to Fear (1947) 64 In spite of all the demand for speed, the complexity of the problem and all the vast sums of money involved, we have had no Teapot Dome. 1973 New Yorker 28 Apr. 31/2 Senator Barry Goldwater made his statement: ‘The Watergate. The Watergate. It's beginning to be like Teapot Dome.’ 1977 Time 23 May 54/2 In an era of Teapot Dome and bathtub gin, he [sc. Lindbergh] seemed to Americans a cleaner, sharper version of themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1936
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