Bayou of Pigs

proper noun

A military filibustering plot attempted in 1981 by Canadian and American citizens, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica and restore former prime minister Patrick John to power.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Bayou of Pigs
  1. historicalA military filibustering plot attempted in 1981 by Canadian and American citizens, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica and restore former prime minister Patrick John to power.

Origin

Blend of bayou + Bay of Pigs, a punning allusion to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion (1961).

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Bayou of Pigs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bayou%20of%20Pigs

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“Bayou of Pigs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bayou%20of%20Pigs. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bayou of Pigs,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bayou%20of%20Pigs.

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