Lobbying

Bribery. Literal bribery. It's a synonym for bribery. If lobbying is legal in your country, bribery is legal in your country.

The only reason the USA has relatively low corruption rates is because they legalized bribery and renamed it "lobbying."

by Pagan God of Memes April 26, 2022

lobbyfish

When you see photos of a hotel or apartment online that show off a beautiful lobby, only to find out it's a literal piece of junk.

Dude: Well, it looked really good from all the pics!
Guy: Those were just pics of the lobby. You got lobbyfished bro.

by anonymous August 1, 2022

lobbywalking

an activity done typically in a college dorm involving taking the elevator to the top floor of a building and walking back down the staircase to observe the happenings of each floors lobby

Person 1: I went lobbywalking the otherday, I got sodas on the 3rd floor and watched Deadpool on the 6th.
Person 2: Bro you missed the nachos on the 4th?

by R o m a n t i c <3 August 19, 2024

lobbyocracy

Basically modern-day America at this point.

A system where powerful lobbyists hold the power, even if most people are against what the lobbyists lobby for.

"We need to get rid of this undemocratic lobbyocracy from the United States, but sadly, they won't go away without some radical changes"

by Silicosis9324 January 3, 2024

lobbysit

A person who sits in lobbies (typically video games) and just talks and never leaves. You always see them.

“Dude you’ve been lobbysitting for 5 hours now, you can’t possibly chat this long.”

by jitting March 6, 2024

Lobbying Science

A systematic corruption of the scientific process where organized interest groups—corporate, political, or ideological—fund, produce, and disseminate research specifically engineered to influence policy and public opinion in their favor. Unlike genuine scientific inquiry, which follows questions wherever they lead, Lobbying Science starts with a predetermined conclusion and reverse-engineers the "evidence" to support it. It maintains the aesthetic of peer-reviewed legitimacy while functioning as a public relations arm. This includes funding friendly academics, ghostwriting papers, suppressing unfavorable results, and creating front organizations with neutral-sounding names to launder biased conclusions.

Example: A fossil fuel conglomerate funds a "Global Climate Research Institute" that publishes studies emphasizing natural climate variability and downplaying anthropogenic causes. Their scientists sit on IPCC panels, their papers appear in reputable journals, and their findings are cited by sympathetic politicians. This isn't science serving truth; it's Lobbying Science—the research arm of a political war, dressed in a lab coat and holding a clipboard.

by Dumu The Void February 11, 2026

Tyranny of the Lobbyists/ Kleptocrats

A condition in which the democratic will and collective welfare of the populace are subordinated to the entrenched influence of powerful conglomerates, multinational corporations, and strategically positioned non-governmental organisations. These entities, often acting as proxies for the geopolitical and economic priorities of their respective states, exercise disproportionate sway over the political process. In doing so, they erode civic freedoms, curtail liberties, and diminish the agency of ordinary citizens within the public sphere, replacing representative governance with a system governed by private interest, elite patronage, and institutional capture.

Person 1: “So what if 13 Cabinet ministers and 180 MPs have taken money from the pro-Israeli lobby? That is just politics as usual, isn’t it?”

Person 2: “No, that is the Tyranny of the Lobbyists/ Kleptocrats, when those in power serve the interests of wealthy lobbies instead of the people who elected them.”

by DemocracySold September 2, 2025