noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993. New-Zealand, derogatory, slang, uncountable

   "Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia."

Example

More examples

"Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia."

Etymology

Blend of Ruth + euthanasia, in reference to the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.

Related phrases

free marketnew zealand

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