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
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
Contempt – disorder of the nervous system related to “mad cow disease” evincing symptoms of fantasy scenarios of coups d’etat, fifth columnists, civil wars, and visions of deep state antagonists under beds and concealed in rose bushes; the condition is known to cause paranoia and muddied judgment
Conwaying – gerund denoting marital differences of opinion publicly displayed
Coochocracy – country where arrogance and insolence govern civic culture and discussion, and in which no poor or jobless or Irish or Italian ethnics–citizens or not–need apply for anything
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
Gingrichery – politically persistent pest once deemed permanently exterminated but sighted occasionally in fetid commentary
High Crimes and Misdemeanors – official conduct as measured by total number of lies issued while in office; see also Fake Crimes
Javanka – non-military transgender presidential policy adviser
Kamalaramalamadingdong – skillful melding of inane doo-wop lyrics and politics
Kangaroo Court – judicial decision making body subject to neither procedural nor legal rules of jurisprudence; hearing officers or panels generally composed of members of the Democratic Party; term not likely of Australian origin but arose during the gold strikes of the 1870s.
Lewandowskin – epidermal protection for prevarication that shrivels in light of truth
Maddowite – cult member of cable news viewers allergic to Sean Hannity
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
QPQ – (pronounced kew pee kew), acronym for quid pro quo, generally employed to mean “something exchanged for something”; QPQ has been misinterpreted or misapplied by some to mean nothing for nothing, or a nothingburger, to minimize political stupidity.
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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