New Statesman -- political lingo winners
 

No 3255
Set by Brendan O’Byrne
The 2012 US presidential election threw up many words that might still be unfamiliar to those in the UK, such as “boondoggling” (although this was first used there in 1935). Other terms appeared for the first time, such as “Mittology”, “Romnesia” and “Obamacare”. We asked for new entries in the political lexicon for future UK general elections.

This week’s winners
Fantastic effort. Hon menshes to G M Davis for “Cameronics” (the transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich), Carolyn Thomas-Coxhead for “Osberity” (the art of getting away with having a lavish lifestyle while preaching prudence and economy), Charles Curran for “Edolatry” and “Harmanisation” (Miliband’s minor personality cult and pushing feminist agendas) and Daniel Kitto for “referendumb” (keeping silent about an earlier promise of a referendum). The winners get £20 each, with the Tesco vouchers going, in addition, to Chris O’Carroll.

Eurosis The paranoid fear of the UK being governed from Brussels.
Milibandit A socialist who robs the hard-working taxpayer.
Gimmigrant A foreigner expecting to receive the jobs and benefits to which only Brits are entitled.
Etonomy Government by the privileged few for the privileged few.
Cleggacy What’s left of a discredited political party.
Greconomics A paradigm of European economic “solutions” by which the poor are made destitute in a clumsy attempt to repair a catastrophe created by the greed of the well-paid.
Tom Donnelly

Ed-to-Ed The debate in a last minute Labour leadership contest prior to the handover of power.
Leveson effect No effect.
Salmond-fishing Reeling in voters to swim against the tide by using Bannockburn and Braveheart analogies.
Ukipping Getting into bed with whichever party might enable you to obtain power (for example, “Who are Ukipping with?”).
Merky Questionable German tactics manipulating the UK election result in order to take over Europe.
Govement A word describing the mental state of being “two letters short of a cabinet post”, as it were.
Goverment Failed literacy strategy of an outgoing education minister.
David Silverman

Cleggalition An unwanted fusion of mismatched political parties.
Expendies Current MPs with financial irregularities in their expenses claims.
Camerang A Conservative election victory, via a boomerang effect.
Fudget An annual financial statement that fails, yet again, to provide a solution.
Osbrawn Muscular financial interference.
Faragerama Madness under the full moon of Ukip’s progress.
D A Prince

Cleggicide The ritual slaying of an erstwhile ally once he has outlived his uselessness.
Marrygendering The realignment of “moral boundaries” to ensure re-election without any manifest changes to, say, a manifesto.
Expensialism A philosophical standpoint positing that claims of a financial nature are only valid in terms of the meaning given to them by MPs and that broadly the public at large operates on this basis, too. Parliamentary ambitions, when tempered by a desire to be “down with the public”, lend respect to this creed.
Savile row That which suits when it suits and not when it doesn’t.
Cameronaderie Being happy with your own company.
Osbornagain A second term of office for individuals reckoned to do no better or worse than they did before on an understanding that they will make little difference in any case.
John Griffiths-Colby

Incleggnito Hidden in plain sight.
Vaniliband Seemingly innocuous.
Pipparazzi Photographers who specialise in shots of celebrity bottoms and other private parts.
Conswervatism Deviation from strict Tory policy or ideology.
Boccaccio A dissident Tory backbencher who seeks to de-Cameronise the party.
Euroneous Based on faulty economic assumptions.
Boris dancing A politician’s efforts to cultivate a colourful public image.
Imposhter An upper-class politician who affects “common” speech, dress, and so on.
Chris O’Carroll

Savilating A term used to describe a politician drooling with fear of being prosecuted for paedophilia.
Milibandaging Engaging in countless attempts to patch up the Labour Party.
Camoronic Fit only to lead the Conservative Party.
Gove The past tense of “give”, according to 87 per cent of pupils in English secondary schools.
Cleggerdemain A conjuring act in which the performer appears to be sitting on a non-existent fence.
Brian Allgar

Tesco vouchers for me this week, a win for Brian Allgar, and an hon mensh for Carolyn Thomas-Coxhead.