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		toyg on Jan 24, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I'm tired of corrupt US politicians, so I... Yeah, but that has already assumed negative connotations; you cannot use it for tongue-in-cheek jokes.

georgecmu on Jan 24, 2012 [–]

leptocracy: lepton[] + cracy
is exactly what you want and is an easy allusion to kleptocracy.

[] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_lepton

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