[Ads-l] "Muskocracy," "DOGEbags," and other new-regime lingo

[Emily Gordon]

The latest I've seen is "the Nerd Reich." It may have been coined by Gil
Duran—a journalist who has also been press secretary to Jerry Brown and
California AG Kamala Harris, among others—since it's the name of his
website (www.thenerdreich.com).



On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> So many productive combining forms!
>
> I've seen Mar-a-Gaza (as a variant of the Mar-a-Lago combining forms) in
> an editorial cartoon:
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> https://www.gocomics.com/viewsamerica/2025/02/17
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> ---Amy West
>
> On 2/14/25 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:05:11 -0800
> > From:    Nancy Friedman<wordworking at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: "Muskocracy," "DOGEbags," and other new-regime lingo
> >
> > The first installment in my WOTY watch:
> >
> > https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/new-words-for-the-new-regime
> >
> >
> > Nancy Friedman
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