Wednesday, February 11, 2009
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
ol·i·gar·chy
Pronunciation:
\ˈä-lə-ˌgär-kē, ˈō-\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural ol·i·gar·chies
1: government by the few
2: a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes ; also : a group exercising such control
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plu·toc·ra·cy
Pronunciation:
\plü-ˈtä-krə-sē\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural plu·toc·ra·cies
Etymology:
Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos wealth; akin to Greek plein to sail, float — more at flow
1 : government by the wealthy 2 : a controlling class of the wealthy
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5 comments:
I much prefer a pornocracy. That's a world governed by whores!
AMen, pirate, AMEN.
Rushlimbacracy- a country run by fat vicodin addled loudmouths.
Dragoligarchy- They're queens so leading would come naturally to them.
Opracracy- it's already happened.
Opracracy! Is that yours, it's great!
I may have made it up but she is living it. She doesn't need an official office because she already rules the country and dictates taste to every housewife with a minivan.
Pick a topic and she has tackled it, filed it away and moved on to the next one. I wish she would have the octomommy on because she would decimate her for her actions. Gotta respect the Oprah.
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