Merkelvellian

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the tactics of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. humorous

    "This Merkelvellian approach has put the fear of god up everybody: everybody's worried about unemployment; everybody's worried about the housing market; everybody's worried about the banking system."

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"This Merkelvellian approach has put the fear of god up everybody: everybody's worried about unemployment; everybody's worried about the housing market; everybody's worried about the banking system."

Etymology

Blend of Merkel + Machiavellian.

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