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mobligarch 

In 2018, America's mobligarch handed out enormous infrastructure project contracts to members of the newly crowned mobligarchy.
mobligarch by godisamyth March 16, 2018
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obligarchy 

A structure/form found in the world...ie: religious, educational, governmental, commercial; which has as it's basis the idea of mandatory obligation to principles inherent in the structure requiring strict adherence and acceptance without question.
Doctrine in a religious structure which after evolution of centuries by a central core of leaders, is accepted as unquestionably the "fact" or the "truth". Direct questioning then would lead to expulsion or being shunned or removed from the group. Inclusion in an obligarchy requires acceptance/approval of, and adherence to certain basic premises for inclusion in the group.
obligarchy by Franc Shoults May 17, 2006

Obligarchy 

A government controlled entirely by favors.
No thank, you sir, I do not subscribe to your obligarchy... even on the day of your daughter's wedding.

moraligarchy

A system of power — political, technical, or infrastructural — held by an individual or small group whose authority is justified not by election, inheritance, or force, but by genuine moral integrity and competence. Unlike traditional oligarchy, which concentrates power through wealth or ruthlessness, a moraligarchy concentrates power through trustworthiness — with the uncomfortable acknowledgment that such trust ultimately cannot be enforced, only chosen.
The internet needed a moraligarchy at its founding. Instead it got advertising.
moraligarchy by goatgeek March 1, 2026
Spidey sense for evading poop on the street, canine or otherwise.
When walking in NYC or LA, you need shitdar.
Shitdar by Sickomonster June 3, 2026
Word of the Day on June 6, 2026

Shackteâu

A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.
Shackteâu by ez-dog June 4, 2026
Word of the Day on June 5, 2026