wonktocracy, blovel

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Two new blends in a single sentence, from the Washington Post's
"Reliable Source":

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010301935.html
Cox, 33, began writing Wonkette two years ago and quickly became a
must-read for Washington's political and media wonktocracy, working
the gig into national prominence, television appearances and an
inevitable roman a clef "blovel."
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I don't get the "t" in "wonktocracy". What's wrong with "wonkocracy"?

As for "blovel", blend-loving Grant Barrett already picked up a cite
from the Jan. 3 New York Times (also about Ana Marie Cox's _Dog
Days_):

http://www.doubletongued.org/citations.php/citations/blovel_1/


--Ben Zimmer