Today’s word of the day was this:
Kakistocracy:
(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.
USAGE:
“We must weigh our votes carefully. Else we are in danger of turning America’s time-tested democracy into a kakistocracy.”
Dan Warner; The Best Man for the Job Is Not as Easy as it Sounds; The News Press (Fort Myers, Florida); Jan 17, 2016.
Since the folks at Word of the Day didn’t provide synonyms, I will:
Clusterfuck; President Trump
Oh and Reuters has some advice for us:
Stressed out over Trump victory? Try cleaning out your freezer
I’m assuming that the purpose of that is to have enough room because we need to keep Hell frozen.
FiftyFourandAHalf 
Seems like there might even be a better word than that… we should make it up.
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This one is real though. And apt! We will, however need many words to describe this clusterfuck.
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yeah we will
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I really thought you made up the word kakistocracy. I googled so I wouldn’t make a fool of myself in the comments. This ca-ca-doody-ocracty gets worse every single day. He is so inept and just plain stupid. He wants his family to hear all the state secrets, because they can make more money that way. He gets to appoint all the people who will make it easier for him to do business. He has no fucking clue how government works. He surrounds himself with the worst of the worst. He will govern by poll.
The saddest part is that, even when he shits all over the things that made his most ardent supporters vote for him, they will still back him. It will be the same bullshit rants about how the crooked lying media is just making shit up. However, there are those educated suburban assholes who decided at the last minute that something new would be the way to go. They are smart enough to know that they really screwed the pooch. I hope they don’t sleep a fucking wink for the next 4 years.
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Tough to sleep knowing that nuclear annihilation is a tiny finger away. For all of us.
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Clusterfuck doesn’t even come close to describing this debacle. It’s like the country decided to commit suicide.
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And we’re left cleaning up.
You know, I really think we should figure out a way whee the Trump policies only apply to the Trump voters.
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I say we send them all to Texas and let them secede.
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Let me get a few relatives and friends out, and you’re on!
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Have you seen his cabinet pics and advisors? Least qualified or worst person is going to be a tough call. It’s actually getting genuinely scary. We are screwed, bigly.
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Yup. And I was just reading how Ivanka is hawking the $10K bracelet she wore on 60 mins. Reprehensible. Deplorable, I mean.
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Here’s another: Inaugroanation Day, 2017 (Proper, but unfortunate, noun)
Definition: The time-honored, pompous-and-circumspect-filled day in late January 2017 when the The Donald places his tiny hand on a sacred book (a Gold embossed copy of The Art of the Deal) and is sworn in as Lead Role for Season One of Celebrity Apprentice: The Situation Room.
Used in a sentence: What day is it today? Oh! #$!^%$, it’s Inaugroanation Day.
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Oh shit is right.
But mine is an actual word that I got in my words day email.
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Yes, I know. But I’ll keep proffering my own version of words until one of them makes it into the dyslexionary. 😉
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And he will fill his crabinet with a bunch of old angry white dudes like himself. The entire country and the rest of the world will suffer because they all have micropenises. Makes you wonder who will be named head of the Department of Inferior.
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Sarah “my stupidity Palins comparison to my arrogance” I fear
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Ha! Department of Inferior. That’s good! Or bad. Or … We’re sunk.
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Probably.
AND I saw that Fozzie didn’t win! He/you were robbed!
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Given this year and my track record with elections, I wasn’t surprised at all. He’s still the cutest canine in Clark County in my book! Thanks, Elyse! ❤
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Mine too!
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I actually did clean out my freezer! Sadly, it didn’t help.
Donna
http://www.retirementreflections.com
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Oh well. How about your junk drawer next? I leaned my closet yesterday. It didn’t help either. But maybe the junk drawer …
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Since I can’t seem to stay off social media, it’s freezer cleaning time for me!
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Isn’t that a bizarre thing to suggest?? Not that mine doesn’t need it, but it seems like such a demeaning thing to recommend. Oh and a manicure. How about if I punch out a wall, in a manly way.
Oh I’ll shut up.
I loved seeing your post. But I couldn’t even “Like” it!!! Where’s your “Like” button????
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Hehe, I guess I must’ve unchecked that box too. I’m trying to make it more of a News & Updates section rather than a blog post per se. I don’t want people to feel obligated to stop by. It’s just if the update interests them. I’m still trying to figure this website vs. a blog thing out. I should probably just create a website, but who’s got time for that?…
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Well assume I’ll stop by whenever you post. That’s easy! 😏
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Thank you. It’s such a strange thing. It’s like I feel guilty if I leave comments open, people comment, and then I can’t get to their posts and reciprocate. So I figured I’d leave it more newsy like. Maybe it makes me seem aloof. I don’t want that either. Argh…I’ll figure it out some day.
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Don’t stress it! You let folks know what was happening…
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Who would have thought we would NEED such a word? Good grief. I guess it’s true, people rise to their own level of incompetence. 🙂
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I’m pretty sure we will be using it a lot. 😩
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Don’t worry. One day he’ll be gone, and then we can return to the mediocracy we’ve always had.
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Unless he puts those little fingers on the buttons….
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Clean out the freezer! But of course! The freezer! That was where I hid the evidence that would destroy Donald Trump once and for all, and couldn’t remember where I put it for the last two years!
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Did you ever see tat incredible Hitchcock movie, Lambs to the slaughter wher the wife kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb?
We all need room in our freezers.
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No, I haven’t, and thanks for spoiling the ending for me. 🙂
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That isn’t the surprise ending, actually. 😐
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You’re just not going to stop until you give away the whole movie, are you? 🙂
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Actually I will. I tried to find the whole episode for you buy couldn’t. You’ll just have to wonder what happens.
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I actually remember that story. I don’t think it was a full-length movie, though. I think it was a half-hour or maybe an hour-long episode on Alfred Hitchcock Presents on TV.
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Yes. That’s the way I remember it too. But I was confused because of what came up on YouTube.
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Funny! When I first saw the word on your blog I thought it looked like kaka! I was right.
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And that, dear Kate, sums up everything, doesn’t it!
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sadly it does.
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Good. I didn’t want to get too repetitive over the next four years using the word “clusterfuck”. Thanks for a new word!
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We’re going to be using it a lot, I fear.
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Spot on Elyse. We can count on you for factual, up-to-the-minute information always 🙂
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Aw thanks, Deb.
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