Etymology

blobocracy

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Today it means: A diffuse bureaucratic structure that prevents the organization from getting work done effectively. Full definition →

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The story

From blob + -o- + -cracy, coined by Albert Shapero in "The Blobocracy Blight", published in Innovation in May 1971.

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