Estradification
n.— «Some Republicans said yesterday that the demands may be early signs of a stealth campaign by Democrats to kill the Supreme Court nomination by demanding documents they know they won’t get—a strategy one Republican termed “Estradification.”» —“Democrats demand legal papers” by Charles Hurt Washington Times July 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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