Powertics

Employing political tactics purely to gain or maintain power rather than negotiate agreeable solutions.
Modern day political parties and special interest groups engage in powertics by forcing a winner take all political posture, by any means possible, in order to gain or maintain power over other interests.
by Bmanz August 11, 2020
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pontitician

A pontitician is one who is or seeks a political office using false, lofty promises with claims only they can be the ones to provide whatever promise they're making.
My governor is a pontitician because at every election cycle he pontificates during his speeches making grand, important-sounding promises so gullible people vote for him and then, after the election, he ignores what he promises.
by Bmanz January 25, 2024
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nincompoopetence

This is when a high level of silliness and absurdity for decision making has become someone's normal operating procedure.
To combat lower tax revenues after raising the sales tax, the state government displayed abject nincompoopetence by pushing for yet another tax hike to compensate which resulted in even further reduction in sale tax revenue.
by Bmanz January 24, 2025
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Textracted

Textracted is when someone is completely distracted by texting that they don't notice what's going on in the world around them.
He was so textracted that he didn't notice he had walked into traffic against the light.
by Bmanz March 24, 2017
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