CHUMOCRACY

PRONUNCIATION: (chum-AH-kruh-see)

MEANING: noun: A government, organization, or culture in which friends and associates are favored, especially in appointments to positions of authority.

ETYMOLOGY: From chum (friend) + -ocracy (rule). Chum is of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortening and alteration of chamber fellow or chamber mate. Earliest documented use: 1937.
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RHUMOCRACY - government by the French inebriate

CHUMOCRACY - government by baiting the electorate

CHEMOCRACY - government by cellular poisons, but meant to eradicate a cancer on society