Nopenhagen & Flopenhagen

Nopenhagen & Flopenhagen
Two portmanteau terms reflecting fears (now confirmed) that the climate change talks in Copenhagen would not produce a satisfactory agreement.

Reporting on the Copenhagen accord, The New Indian Express commented:

It was billed by its Danish hosts as Hopenhagen, but long before it wound its way to a damning and disappointing conclusion, it was attracting new appellations in the media like Nopenhagen andFlopenhagen.


Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles. 2014.

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