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  • noun rare Government or management by “arseholes” (i.e., inconsiderate, obnoxious, or otherwise highly objectionable people).

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First attested in March 2002; formed as procto- (“anus”) + -cracy (“rule”); equivalent to a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *πρωκτοκρατία (prōktokratia), from πρωκτός (prōktos, "anus") + κράτος (kratos, "dominion”, “power").

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