democrahole

A person who refuses to accept an otherwise unanimous opinion.

Everyone else on the jury thought he was guilty, except for the democrahole.

by ciclista November 27, 2009

democrahonk

The honking of a car horn, consisting of three long blasts followed by four short ones, followed by two long ones, to mimic the rhythm of the pro-labor, call-and-response chant:

"Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!"

Motorists driving around the Capitol building democrahonked in solidarity with pro-labor demonstrators who were marching on the sidewalk.

by MadisonWI April 9, 2011

Democratology

The study of democracy—particularly liberal democracy—using the critical tools of Sovietology. Democratology examines how elections, parliaments, and constitutions function as rituals of legitimation, often producing outcomes that serve elite interests despite popular participation. It analyzes voter suppression, gerrymandering, media bias, and campaign finance as the functional equivalent of one‑party state control—different mechanisms, same effect of limiting meaningful choice. Democratology does not reject democracy but insists on studying how actually‑existing democracies manage to reproduce inequality and elite rule under the banner of popular sovereignty.

Example: “Her democratology of US elections revealed that despite millions of votes, the outcome was determined by a handful of ‘swing’ districts where both parties colluded to keep viable third parties off the ballot.”

by Abzugal April 2, 2026