Hypocrisy in a supposedly democratic country. Derived from the very undemocratic Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper.
In a democratic country, a political party with the support of one-tenth of its citizens wouldn't be excluded from the televised debates, but alas, this is a harpocracy.
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Harpocrisy (har•poc•ri•see) noun: Making commitments to - amongst other things - not run a deficit, preserve health spending, maintain senior's pensions, not tax income trusts, etc, etc ... and then doing the exact opposite.
1. "Jim Flaherty is a classic harpocrit. He says the government is fiscally responsible but he's increased total federal government spending by 22%."
2. "So Harper said "we're going to be there for seniors" and "they were there for us defending freedom in two world wars," but now he wants to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67!? What harpocrisy!"
2. "So Harper said "we're going to be there for seniors" and "they were there for us defending freedom in two world wars," but now he wants to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67!? What harpocrisy!"
by PoliGuy March 23, 2012
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by Andrew Lugton October 5, 2006
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by chevyvan June 25, 2009
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(noun): An ass-holier-than-thou social class made up of persons subjected to exclusion and/or ridicule in grade school who then grew up, became hipsters and now exclude and/or ridicule those who didn't.
(noun): An ass-holier-than-thou social class made up of persons subjected to exclusion and/or ridicule in grade school who then grew up, became hipsters and now exclude and/or ridicule those who didn't.
"Every year during SXSW in Austin, members of the New York hipocracy show up like a sea of black apathy and drown the locals with dripping sarcasm."
Pfft is a mating call for the hipocracy.
That aloof, bearded dude who works at my video store and scoffs quietly when I rent blockbusters must belong to the hipocracy.
Pfft is a mating call for the hipocracy.
That aloof, bearded dude who works at my video store and scoffs quietly when I rent blockbusters must belong to the hipocracy.
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