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The fortnightly British satirical magazine Private Eye has long had a reputation for using euphemistic and irreverent substitute names and titles for people, groups and organisations and has coined a number of expressions to describe sex, drugs, alcohol and other aspects of human activity. Over the years these names and expressions have become in-jokes, used frequently in the magazine without explanation. Some have passed into general usage and can be found in other media and everyday conversation.
Towards the end of each issue, the magazine contains increasingly surreal jokes, references and parodies. Many of these have evolved and are familiar to long-term readers.
Later that day, Amin announced that he had fired Bagaya for embarrassing him. He told his cabinet that while on her way from New York, Bagaya had a sexual escapade with a white man in a bathroom at an airport in Paris. He did not mention who this man was. 'This was both an insult and a deliberate lie, but it was also comically nonsensical. One may, I suppose, have sex anywhere – but a public toilet?' asks Kyemba, adding that they all 'laughed to tears' at Amin's absurd action. Bagaya's dismissal came on 28 November 1974
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)He hated Private Eye calling him "Brillo" because his wiry hair resembled a scouring pad.
Private Eye enjoyed parodying Neil as 'Brillo', a reference to his hair