Portmanteau Of The Week

Starting a new feature called "Portmanteau Of The Week." If you don't know what portmanteau is look here (I hope David Frum is okay with me pointing people to Wikipedia - which is also a portmanteau - for the definition of portmanteau! watch the video here if you don't know why I am referring to David Frum). Please keep an eye out for portmanteaus and submit them to me via the comments section. Don't worry, I'm not expecting to many submissions (or any really).

This week's Portmanteau Of The Week is... Mullahcracy

A combination of which two words? While mullah and democracy of course.

It is often invoked to describe the system of government in Iran whereby people cast ballots but there is hardly a vote taking place. The candidates are hand-picked after they are shaken down and frisked for any undesirable qualities. And as we recently saw, entire elections may be rigged so that an outcome most desirable to the mullahs is achieved.