maduro diet
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Starvation in Venezuela perceived to be due to the policies implemented by Nicolás Maduro.
Derogatory; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Long-forgotten diseases such as diphtheria had returned, along with malnutrition; 'the Maduro diet' led to three-quarters of the population losing eight kilograms or more in 2016."
- "During a nationally televised speech this week, Maduro asked an audience member why he was so skinny, and one woman shouted out “the Maduro diet”—a common phrase among increasingly hungry Venezuelans."
- "This collective emaciation is referred to dryly here as “the Maduro diet,” but it’s a level of hunger almost unheard-of outside war zones or areas ravaged by hurricane, drought or plague."
Usage
Inflected Forms
the Maduro diet (canonical)