blobocracy

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noun

A diffuse bureaucratic structure that prevents the organization from getting work done effectively.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounblobocracy (plural blobocracies)

plural blobocracies

  1. derogatoryA diffuse bureaucratic structure that prevents the organization from getting work done effectively.

Origin

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

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APA

blobocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blobocracy

MLA

“blobocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blobocracy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blobocracy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blobocracy.

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