matrimarchy (n.): a government of rulers linked by marriage; e.g. a succession of power descending from a husband to his wife That’s better. Anyway, much has been made of the fact that an H-Dawg presidency would constitute at least 24 years of rule by the same two families. I know plenty of people who cite [...]
dynasty (n.): a succession of rulers from the same line of descent; a family that establishes and maintains predominance in a particular field of endeavor for generations The Hillary Clinton candidacy has brought about a lot of talk in the zeitgeist of “dynasty,” used in a less technical way than the definition above — Bill [...]
sobriquet (n.): an assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname “Sobriquet” is a fancy-pants word for an appellation used interchangeably with a real name, one that requires no explanation. Oftentimes, a sobriquet is more familiar than a real name — famous examples include Genghis Khan (real name Temüjin, which sounds less impressive being [...]
