Yardfowlism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Political sycophancy in return for favors. Barbados, uncountable

    "As if it were not enough, one notes too that management analysis and technique continue to face a hard and relentless time from pork-barrel aims, yardfowlism, nepotism, favouritism, cronyism, apple-polishing, logrolling, featherbedding empire-building and other social-human phenomena."

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"As if it were not enough, one notes too that management analysis and technique continue to face a hard and relentless time from pork-barrel aims, yardfowlism, nepotism, favouritism, cronyism, apple-polishing, logrolling, featherbedding empire-building and other social-human phenomena."

Etymology

From yardfowl + -ism.

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