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a single mother's regime where the Mom takes control of the situation by casting the only vote that matters when it comes to decision making for the family.
"It doesn't matter if you both want McDonald's tonight; this is not a democracy...it is a Momocracy and Mom wants Mexican food for dinner"
Momocracy by Paige F. Enimore April 21, 2010
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metocracy 

An elected system of representation in which the populace is governed by civil servants who are responsible solely to safeguard state institutions and representatives who safeguard the integrity of the vote itself.

A duality of totalitarian democracy and democratic confederalism.
Metocracy treats the will of the people and the desire of the people as distinct entities: dualistic and therefore contrapositional.
metocracy by sandraxine June 19, 2018

Monecracy  

(pronounced mo-neh-kra-see) A government whose decisions are based entirely on monetary gain and increase of power instead of the welfare of its citizens or relations with other countries on the world stage.
The legacy of George W. Bush will be remembered more for being a Monecracy then a Democracy.
Monecracy by SirScreem January 9, 2009

Mortocracy 

A government in which dead people run your government I.e. Halloween Town, Retro Town, North Korea, etc
Kim Il-sung is the Eternal President of North Korea, and Kim Jung-Il is the Eternal Supreme Leader of North Korea thus making it a Mortocracy.
Mortocracy by Whom’st’ve July 29, 2018

Molochracy 

A form of government run entirely by one or more Molochs. The Molochs control the media, fund corrupt politicians, and run the banking institutions. Only those who are truly deranged are capable of uttering the word aloud, and only they can interpret what a moloch is saying.
Rick Santorum: "I don't apologize for the Iranian people being free for a long time, and now they're under a Molochracy that tramples the rights of women, tramples the rights of gays ..."

American Public: A politician said it, it must be real. *nod heads*
Molochracy by DoctorDre January 8, 2012

Mobocracy 

Government System in which decisions are taken by a (possibly angry) mob
California recall shows that California is a mobocracy.
Mobocracy by Alejandro Perez December 29, 2003
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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