bureaugamy

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noun

marriage (literal or metaphorical) to a bureaucracy

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Meanings

nounbureaugamy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemarriage (literal or metaphorical) to a bureaucracy

    If bureaugamy is the marriage of citizen to the bureaucratic state, then what we really have is an arranged marriage shotgun wedding.

    2011, November 15, 2011
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    The ancient mammalian unit of mother and child has morphed into a "bureaugamy," as single mothers find government assistance a more satisfying partner than a confused male.

    1999, Publishers Weekly review of The Decline of Males, March 29, 1999

    In 1999 Lionel Tiger coined the word ‘bureaugamy’ to refer to the relationship between officially impoverished mothers of illegitimate children and the government.

    2012, May 5, 2012

Origin

From bureau + -gamy.

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