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GUBU

GUBU  adj.— «Sometimes labelled the “GUBU” Government, for “grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented” after words Mr Haughey himself used about one incident, the events were remarkable by any standard...

jointery

jointery  n.— «The Government, however, now has to turn the rhetoric of the SDR into reality—in particular, what Johns describes as the key theme of “jointery,” of tri -service commands—known as Purple commands in the UK...

bang in

bang in  v.— «Gov. Weld, who has had mixed results purging state government of the alleged hacks and layabouts he once called “walruses,” has scored a rare success in attacking part of the walrus culture—abuse of sick time...

Lysenkoism

Lysenkoism  n.— «When politicians dictate science, government becomes entangled in its own deceptions, and eventually the social order decays in a compost of lies. Society, having abandoned the scientific method, loses its empirical...

riggwelted

riggwelted  adj.— «When once asked by a government official how teachers were adapting to the latest set of changes to the national curriculum, he said he thought they were “fair riggwelted.” That, as one small boy explained to...

blue-sky

blue-sky  v.— «Can’t you just hear some government official blue-skying and saying the system would be so much more affordable if all those pesky old people would just die?» —“Healthcare: The truth about your government” by...

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