Quel Panama!
French
editEtymology
editFrom the collapse of the Panama Company, under Lesseps, one of the largest corporate collapses in history, when it failed to build the Panama Canal at the end of the 19th century. Literally, “What a Panama!”.
Interjection
edit- (France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Réunion, West Africa, historical, early 20th c.) what a mess; what a boondoggle; what a disaster