Definitions
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- noun
excessive expenditure by agovernment on a supposedlyprestigious project
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- noun prodigious squandering (usually by a government)
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Examples
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The Government has been accused of "squandermania," wasteful spending.
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Unwillingness to confront Osborne's traditional Treasury supremacism is leaving Cameron as vulnerable as was Tony Blair to squandermania, to centralist initiatives that always end in higher spending.
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And even a few people here on the Island, who have been around for all those years of gross mismanagement and squandermania at the people's expense, those few are making the same comments about the government acting too hastily, and one or two have even approached me to say that Trinidad and PM Manning have taken the government for an empty ride, and whatever benefits flowing from the agreement will be going to T
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Unwillingness to confront Osborne's traditional Treasury supremacism is leaving Cameron as vulnerable as was Tony Blair to squandermania, to centralist initiatives that always end in higher spending.
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The first is an apology from the Prime Minister in respect of a murderous incident across the road from the stadium whereby the squandermania flag flies.
TrinidadExpress Today's News Martin Daly 2010
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I wonder will Cowen finally apologise for the squandermania he practiced as Minister for Finance?
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All along voices were raised cautioning against the rape and plunder of our monies ... the wanton squandermania and corruption ... ''
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All those murders, kidnappings, and PNM squandermania are all on his head.
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All he has to do is object to the Dems 'squandermania.
Latest Articles 2009
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Maurice Hayes should go to jail for this kind of waste of taxpayers money - as should successive Ministers who authorised the squandermania
bilby commented on the word squandermania
A government should adopt this word. And pay Wordnik heeaaaappsss of money for it.
December 21, 2015
qms commented on the word squandermania
The cries made in old Pomerania
Are echoed in our Pennsylvania.
The party that’s out
Still gives a great shout
Of outrage at such squandermania.
June 15, 2018