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Word of the Day: Kakistocracy
No, this word doesn’t mean government by Japanese oysters (or persimmons). It means government by the Bush Administration. See:
“Kakistocracy (from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000)
SYLLABICATION: kak·is·toc·ra·cy
PRONUNCIATION: kak’i-stok’re-se, käki-
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. kak·is·toc·ra·cies
Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.
ETYMOLOGY:
Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of [...]