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- noun colloquial A
series of people or things considered as representing progressivelylower levels of a series or whole.
Etymologies
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From lower + -archy, after hierarchy (punningly interpreting the first element as higher).
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Hierarchy and lowerarchy in starkest/star-kissed Africa Avesta fideles (Zoroastrian faithful)
john commented on the word lowerarchy
The ass end of a hierarchy.
July 14, 2008