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"
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.
(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.
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*
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.
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.
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.