spendocrat

noun

Etymology

From spend + -o- + -crat.

  1. derived from expendere
  2. inherited from *spendōn — “to spend
  3. inherited from spendan
  4. inherited from spenden
  5. formed as spendocrat — “spend + -o- + -crat

Definitions

  1. A politician or bureaucrat supporting excessive spending.

    • While Washington "spendocrats," of both parties, have spent and wasted more than 100 billion dollars in so-called foreign aid, […]
    • Not AT&T, nor even our governmental spendocrats, can afford to toss satellites into space indefinitely and write them off when a faulty transistor or a coy contact puts them out of commission.
    • Spendocrats, I mean Democrats, are willing to pass bills that will cause economic hardship just so that they can show their base that they did it — pandering for votes.

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