[Ads-l] kakistocracy

[Nancy Friedman]

I wrote about it in 2016 and hoped never to write about it again.

https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2016/12/word-of-the-week-kakistocracy.html

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On Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 10:12 AM Kelly Wright <wrightlinguistics at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi, folks!
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> I'm giving an interview to The Guardian today about the recent uptick in
> use of *kakistocracy*. If this group has thoughts about this term and its
> origins, I'd love to share them :)
>
>
> Yours,
> K.
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