lotacracy

noun

1. A political environment in which politicians have a tendency to switch loyalties frequently for personal gain.

   uncountable

   The opposition members chanted slogans against the turncoats and termed the speaker’s attitude as partial. To them the speaker was promoting 'lotacracy' in the province, prompting them to chant 'go Speaker go', and 'lota speaker'.

Where it comes from

From Urdu لوٹاکریسی, from لوٹا (loṭā, “lota”), + -cracy; the lota is a water pot with a shape such that it falls over very easily. The term was coined in Pakistan in the early 1990s.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry lotacracy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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