Re:Kakistocracy
by gonzus on Friday April 10, 2020 @04:00PM
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Anybody who knows more Greek: is this word in any way related to a Greek word for excrement?
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Re:Kakistocracy
by alexwasserman on Friday April 10, 2020 @05:41PM
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I'd always assumed it was leadership by the shit, similarly to poppycock - https://www.etymonline.com/word/poppycock
But, that's a latin root, not greek.
Then again - it does suggest the same root: https://www.etymonline.com/word/*kakka-?ref=etymonline_cross...
1865, American English, probably from Dutch dialect pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe "soft food" (see pap) + kak "dung," from Latin cacare "to excrete" (from PIE root kakka- "to defecate").
Wow, poppycock literally means shit pabulum. I had no idea. Puts a new spin on https://www.google.com/search?q=poppycock&source=lnms&tbm=is....