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mediocracy

1) Rule by those who are of average or below average competence.
2) A society in which people with little (if any) talent and skill are dominant and highly influential.
3) A social or administrative system which is like an antithesis to a meritocracy.
Eg 1) "With the presidency of George W. Bush, America has completed its transition from democracy to mediocracy."

2)"The success of Big Brother is indicative of our present society being a in a state of mediocracy."
by St.O. June 16, 2006
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Mediocrite

A cooler more dismissive way of saying mediocre, which rhymes with meteorite.

It is also a variation of inferiorite.
Tom: IT folks saved some dough by installing laptop memory not made in the USA. We had nothing but crashes and trouble as a result.
Kenny: Yeah, management oughta fire them. They're nothing but a bunch of mediocrites.

Lisa: Those reports are bugging me. Every time I finish one, my boss asks me for two more. It's been driving me insane all week long.
Mary: Have you been using a reporting tool?
Lisa: Spreadsheets... nothing more! Management isn't willing to shell out any money for a reporting package.
Mary: How about you purchase one with money from your own salary? It would save you quite some time and trouble at work after all.
Lisa: I thought about it. I could barely keep up with my rent and kids. You want me to pay for professional reporting software with my own money too? Forget about it.
Mary: That's what you get for working for a bunch of mediocrites. It's time to step up and quit to join a better company that actually deserves you.
by OffBeatDrummer October 30, 2020
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Mediocracy

(mediocre & -cracy), government of & responsive to mediocrity; rule by the most exceptionally average, superfluously adequate, or quintessentially ordinary citizens; government of the average, by the average, & for the average.
Is this leadership of the best & the brightest, or is this Mediocracy?
by Darth Johnny December 3, 2010
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mediaocrity

A bullshitting prat of limited abilities repeatedly seen in the media (especially TV) who is a classical triumph of presentation over substance. A producer of banal pap.
Variety hosts: Terry Wogan, Bob Monkhouse
Cookery, gardening and DIY presenters: Delia Smith etc
News readers, weather presenters too numerous to name.
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Mediocracy

a comedy web series about college, careers, and the mediocre fluff in between, featuring a dopey film student, a hot latina, and a whole bunch of other misfits
"Hey Steve, did you happen to catch the last episode of Mediocracy on MediocracyTV.com? I heard it was a real knee-slapper."
by allthethings87 March 5, 2013
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mediocracy

1- Rule of and by the mediocre.

2- Any society whose system of government is a mediocracy.
The 41st through 44th presidents of the United States--George Herbert Walker Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Hussein Obama--make up the mediocracy that governed the U.S. for the last part of the 20th and early 21st Centuries.
by MondoReb January 16, 2011
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mediocracy

What occurs when the Bears and Saints play on Thursday Night Football.
The Bears and Saints put on a stunning display of mediocracy, with no victor emerging after four quarters of play.
by Sexy Bob K December 19, 2008
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