Everyone needs to learn this word! You will have call to use it, OFTEN, in the next 4 years!

[MADem]

kakistocracy


kak·is·toc·ra·cy
noun
pl. kak·is·toc·ra·cies
Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.
Origin of kakistocracy
Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco– + –cracy.
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[Turbineguy]

1. Or as Lili von Schtupp would say....

"Verkakt!"

[A HERETIC I AM]

35. Oh! Flowers!

How ordinary.

[Tanuki]

2. Another word we will use frequently is

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kleptocracy

klep·toc·ra·cy (klĕp-tŏk rə sē

n. pl. klep·toc·ra·cies
A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption.
[Greek kleptein, to steal + -CRACY.]
klep to·crat′ (-tə-krăt′ n.
klep′to·crat ic adj.


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[lefthandedskyhook]

12. Absolutely

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/11/16/welcome-to-the-trump-kleptocracy/?utm_term=.e4233c3c5b5c

Conclusion of the article: "...what’s different and probably unprecedented is the way Trump will increase his fortune by hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars while he’s president."

[a kennedy]

45. ha ha, so that's why he won't take the salary....he'll get millions or billions without it.

Ugh......i despise this piece of dog crap.

[liberalla]

3. I like it!

I'll be using it!

[redwitch]

6. Kleptocratic kakistocracy.

Say that 10 times fast!

[MADem]

10. One more "K" word and we've got KKK! How apropos! nt

[William Seger]

11. Kingdom (nt)

[annabanana]

19. Kleptocratic Kakistocratic Kingdom!!

I like it!

[longship]

24. Make it kaka, then you've got something. nt

[Danascot]

37. My inner 5 year old wanted to post the same thing

but I read down the comments and found you beat me to it.

[MADem]

27. Winner, winner! nt

[lefthandedskyhook]

14. Obviously

Klan... ugh

[MADem]

29. LOL--that too!!!! nt

[sheshe2]

4. Thanks...

Learn a new word a day, use it in every way.

[Solly Mack]

5. It's a good word.

[Equinox Moon]

7. It defines the situation

I would ad the word: dumpman

[LostinRed]

8. Perfect

Sad that it fits us so perfectly now.

[vkkv]

9. Ultimately from the Indo-European root kakka-/kaka- (to defecate)

kakistocracy

PRONUNCIATION:
(kak-i-STOK-ruh-see, kah-ki-)

MEANING:
noun: Government by the least qualified or worst persons.

ETYMOLOGY:
>From Greek kakistos (worst), superlative of kakos (bad) + -cracy (rule). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kakka-/kaka- (to defecate), which also gave us poppycock, cacophony, cacology, and cacography. Earliest documented use: 1829.

[annabanana]

20. Could NOT be more germane!

one shitty administration birthing in that tower

[marybourg]

36. Yes. The cutsie word for feces is

currently "poop", but when I was a kid, in the 1940s and '50s, it was "kaka". at least in my neighborhood.

[MrScorpio]

13. Well, at least we know what kind of government New Trumpanistan will have nt

[gordianot]

15. Thank you cannot wait to use it.

[Augiedog]

16. A kakistocrat in a kakistocracy is kakiscatorian. Three times fast now.

[lunatica]

17. In other words, Idiocracy

[Justice]

18. Perfect word but we are criticized for using "big words" so suggest we first use the definition

over and over and over until embedded in people's minds.

[Bucky]

21. Or just call them crooks.

I mean, the nuance helps later on, once you peoples' attention, because then I can feel like I didn't waste my college years.

But the people in the White House next year are crooks. Watch for it. It'll be worse than Warren Harding's band.

[MADem]

55. If using "big words" pisses them off, well..... gooooooooooooood!

I say use the word, over and over again, as if they know what it means, until THEY finally get off their asses and look it up!

It'll piss 'em off six ways to Sunday when they realize what we've been calling them all this time!

[pinboy3niner]

22. At least we can use it voluntarily

Soon it will be mandatory that we all use 'bigly.'

[MADem]

30. Ahahahahaha!!!

[panader0]

23. How about Caca-cracy.

[Historic NY]

25. I added it to my signature line...

to remember

[MADem]

26. LOL! I think this administration is going to be unforgettable....

Here's some music to seal the deal:

[Martin Eden]

28. Kakistocracy leads to Idiocracy

Whatever happened to Meritocracy?

[MADem]

31. It died when Trump lost the popular vote! nt

[Martin Eden]

33. It was critically ill when Dim Son took office

Revived for 8 years, but crashed and burned a week ago.

[ThoughtCriminal]

32. Klusterfuck

No dictionary needed.

[MADem]

34. LOL!!!!!!! nt

[stevenleser]

38. Oh I am going to use that. nt

[MADem]

43. You KNOW the blowhards aren't going to know the definition.

Which makes it doubly fun.

We have to find our joy where we can...!

[pbmus]

39. Kleptocratic kakistocracy klusterfuck or kkk

[BumRushDaShow]

41. DUzy!

[lonestarnot]

52. Nails it.

[zz-la]

40. Thanks MaDem

But I wish I was in a coma for the next four years. I have never been more stressed out in my life and as someone targeted by Trump and his goons I fear that my next four years will be some of the worse I have every experienced.

[MADem]

42. So do I, but since that's not going to happen, I am going to join the Stand-And-Fight Club.

I was on the "Harass the shit out of this person before you let 'em fly" list for eight long years under The Porgie. I don't know what the future will bring; I can only hope that incompetence will trump (LOL) their mendacity.

[Auggie]

44. Kicked, recommended and bookmarked!

[Raster]

46. kakistocracy, closely related to craptocracy...

...and the shoe fits.

[MADem]

47. Doesn't it, just?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.....

[Raster]

48. You are not alone... I vacillate between outbursts of laughter...

...and then sighs of deep exasperation. It appears we've entered the "Dali Period" of our country's history.

[MADem]

49. I advise RESISTANCE!

I find KO just a bit pompous and indeed, insufferable at times, but I agree with him wholeheartedly on this:

[Nitram]

50. As others have posted above, "kaka" was the first word that came to mind.

[njcpa1978]

51. CAR WINDOW SIGN

I am making a window sign for my car.

KAKISTOCRACY 2016

I won't have to worry about the stupid people ever looking it up, so I will be safe.

[randome]

53. We have many kakistrocratic events coming our way.

It's a word that rolls along with just about anything you want to attach to it.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[heaven05]

54. true