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2016 Postmortem

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15. Oligarchy: "a small group of people having control of a country..."

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 01:14 PM

Feb 2016

I shortened the definition to help keep it from being tl;dnr.

Dictionaries should be placed in every motel room in America.

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OK. TPTB have everything and us peons ain't got shit. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #4

I was answering the OP. blue neen Feb 2016 #6

Then it's about time they learned. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #2

No, and we lose votes whenever it gets used Recursion Feb 2016 #3

It's doubtful unless they take the time to look up the meaning. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #5

I myself think it's intellectually immature.... mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #7

Good suggestions! blue neen Feb 2016 #8

Even if they don't know the definition Glamrock Feb 2016 #9

Yes, the teens I have talked to seem to be quite aware of what it means. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #10

If not, it is a statement on our educational system. Downwinder Feb 2016 #12

Oligarchy: "a small group of people having control of a country..." Zorra Feb 2016 #15