poshocracy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Scientists are taken at their word, which has little to do with their character. A poshocracy exists in which scientists from smart universities and research centers can tell us anything and it is widely accepted as gospel."
- "This, and perhaps a remark I made about the silly playfulness of the poshocracy, gave deep offence and led to the 'wrecking', as I called it, of my allotted rooms in the Old Court."
- "'Too confoundedly poshocracy for my liking,' grunted Philip."
- "We used to watch the Poshocracy from our window as they walked about the court, met, waved gaily, exchanged suitably jolly greetings."
- "What garnered contempt from the pair were the criteria upon which admission to the poshocracy depended, criteria founded on the cliquery of the English upper classes, a cliquery that, disseminated as 'team spirit' (14) in public schools and perpetuated by the most privileged and credulous of undergraduates, found its way full-circle in the mentality of the graduating elite."
Etymology
From posh + -o- + -cracy.