The English language is a wonderful gift, especially as it evolves and ascribes more and more subtleties to accepted words and terms. This dynamic is a hallmark of political dialogue. Here are the annual entries by VoxFairax.
Acostacision – covert plea deal struck for wealthy pedophile
Barrista – DOJ apparatchik dedicated to ensuring that the King is not seen without clothes
Boltonize – process of converting traditional diplomacy into physical contact sport
Circular Firing Squad – permanent oxymoronic quality of management and leadership within the National Rifle Association originated by its former president, Oliver North, and perfected by its CEO, Wayne LaPierre
Conwaying – gerund denoting marital differences of opinion publicly displayed
COWGUYS – Christian Older White Guys who formerly ruled the United States until slaves, women, and 18-year-olds became eligible to vote; sometimes used to characterize the voting bloc to build the border wall.
Deep State – mythological kingdom or netherworld populated with creatures dangerous to colluders, conspirators, liars, obstructionists, and misogynists
Deutsche Bank – financial institution managed by host of blindfolded personnel to act as conduit for criminal oligarchs and US presidents; see money laundering
Donerickill – urban version of roadkill, particularly that thrown deliberately under a bus
Emolument – monetary system for corrupt officials replacing gold standard
Fake Crimes – category of criminal law to be ascribed to contents of report by Robert Mueller; see also Fake News
Fake News – all media utterances not vetted by Sean Hannity
Federal Reserve – a remote public land trust where buffalo with names such as Herman Cain and Stephen Moore may roam.
Flynnectomy – surgical excision of diseased material threatening widespread infection or collapse of an organization
Javanka – non-military transgender presidential policy adviser
High Crimes and Misdemeanors – official conduct as measured by total number of lies issued while in office; see also Fake Crimes
MAGA – acronym for Make All Geese American as counterpoint to unfair trade practices used by Canada
Manafortia – state of psychological delusion marked by lows of lying and highs of pardon fantasies
Mar-a-Lago – also known as MAL, its code assigned by the International Air Transport Association; ‘mal” derives from the Latin root meaning evil [e.g. , malice]; MAL is often a euphemism for a meeting location for ignorant ideologues or dubiously wealthy individuals
McConnellistan – primitive, undeveloped tundra-like plain inhospitable to most life forms except the Mongolian box turtle
McGahnifest – material, easily and readily perceived, particularly in the Mueller report, as credible but as a lie to some.
Mexico – sinister, fabled realm of undesirable inhabitants in North American mythology and folklore capable of undertaking massive architectural projects in distant lands
Money Laundering – process for producing sanitized, germ-free, see-though and invisible currency not amenable to tax returns; see Deutsche Bank
Mueller – stubborn, uncontrollable government employee or adversary pronounced “muler” and likely a citizen of the deep state
Mulvaneying – practice of issuing official, misleading statements while wearing different hats to avoid attribution
National Debt – The aggregate amount of money a nation of taxpayers owes; correlatively, nontaxpayers owe nothing.
Pelosiphobia – mental disorder or dysfunction resulting from tidal wave phenomenon
Pencemanhood – state of suspended animation requiring plastered smile and toadying conduct usually cloaked in religious fervor
Perryogram (or Carsonogram) – intelligence quotient measures applied in zero G gravity applying to government agency management
appear around the globe to haunt its nemesis.
Pompeosity – tenor of foreign policies at which foreign governments chuckle or remain silent
Pre-existing condition – (1) plank in political party platform designed to induce amnesia among voters; slogan of sound and fury signifying nothing; (2) GOP plan restoring health care coverage that existed prior to the Affordable Care Act
Priebusness – appearance of busyness or preoccupation while remaining perfectly still
Pruittigation – act or process of substituting ignorance for knowledge while in a soundproofed enclosure
Putinesque – description of a nation’s foreign policy resembling rationality but chaotic in fact
Recusal – a rare ethical determination occasionally fatal to officials with a southern drawl
Religion – a worshiper’s belief that he/she and god are morally justified to discriminate against all others.
Rudymentary – fiction of apparent legal principle arising from online scholarship or clickbait
Ryanometrics – failed trickle down economic theory often developing in childhood, sometimes following the reading of Ayn Rand
Sandership – tactic of deflecting conversation or question from the purpose of the speaker or inquisitor; sometimes also employed as synonym for snarling insult
Scaramuccillini – sphincter shaped pasta noodle subject to extremely short shelf life
Schitt – persistently and consistently annoying Democrat
Sessionsness – split loyalty or personality state similar to bipolar political disorder
Spicerup – emphatic or declarative statement generally concluded with “period” asserting an alternative fact
Stable Genius – a farm animal, often equine with room and board, unaware of and unable to recognize it is a horse’s ass.
Swampton – mythological jurisdictional homeland where the blood of taxpayers is drained on a daily basis
Trumpsplaining – communications characterized by deflection and falsehoods usually in response to factual question or inquiry
Truth is not truth – phrase proposed to replace E Pluribus Unum and In God We Trust
Twitter – Messaging system by which twits can mangle spelling and the English language to pass ignorance along to large numbers
Voter Fraud – defensive phrase employed by right wing advocates failing to understand or accepting electoral results
Whitakeritis – medical condition caused by extreme fawning
Zinkelandia – government or publicly owned land including national parks slated for transfer to private ownership
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