Keegan wrote:Snood,
I was pointing out some of the hippocracies (sic)
One of the most creative mispellings of this word I have yet seen.
Appears to be a bastardization of "hippopotamus" and
-cracy:
(Merriam-Webster Online)
Main Entry: -cracy
Function: noun combining form
Etymology: Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French -cratie, from Late Latin -cratia, from Greek -kratia, from kratos strength, power --
1 : form of government; also : state having such a form <monocracy>
2 : social or political class (as of powerful persons) <mobocracy>
3 : theory of social organization <technocracy>
Sooooooooo...a social or political class of hippopotami.