Kolotumba, a U-turn

Μετά το malaka και το fakelaki, ιδού και μια ακόμα ελληνική λέξη που παίρνει το χρίσμα και γίνεται διεθνής, η kolotumba στη Γκάρντιαν:

And with creditors ruling out both, analysts say it will require a major kolotumba, or U-turn, on the part of the leader to avert a head-on collision.

Και παρακάτω στον πληθυντικό:

“What we will not be doing is making any kolotumbes,” says Papadopoulos, taking a mighty draw on his umpteenth cigarette.

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ανακυβίστηση και κωλοτούμπα, με U-turn, flip-flop, backflip, political somersault, Politischer Purzelbaum.

daeman said:

...political somersault

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Και ολίγη αντιστρεψιμότητα, από μια kolotoumba στους New York Times:

Could Syriza accept such an approach to the debt? Could it also agree to refrain from a spending splurge?

Possibly, given enough time. But there is no doubt that it would involve a somersault, or what the Greeks call “kolotoumba.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/b...-in-race-against-time.html?smid=fb-share&_r=2