limoger
(Anglès)
to dismiss (usually of senior staff, such as a minister, general, bishop, ambassador, etc), kick upstairs
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/li.mɔ.ʒe/
Etimologia (Anglès)
From Limoges + -er. From the town of Limoges, which was far away from the World War I front and where General Joseph Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French forces from 1914 to 1916, consequently sent senior staff whom he considered useless and had relieved from actual command. Attested since 1916.
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