Definition

A tongue-in-cheek term for a government or system dominated by female elected officials and leaders—a playful (if crude) neologism celebrating female political power and representation.

Example Usage

After the historic landslide victory, political comedians were joking that the country had officially become a vagocracy.

Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vagocracy&defid=2783689)

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