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Onomatopoeic

a word of onomatopoeic origin, created from sounds that were intended to represent meaningless chatter. Example Flibbertigibbet
 
@WAYNE

Crapulous. A most appropriate sounding word for the condition of feeling ill as a result of too much eating/drinking
 
Ochlocracy

Ochlocracy or mob rule is the rule of government by a mob or mass of people and the intimidation of legitimate authorities. Insofar as it represents a pejorative for majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus, meaning "the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" originally was derived in the 1680s.
 
Ochlocracy

Ochlocracy or mob rule is the rule of government by a mob or mass of people and the intimidation of legitimate authorities. Insofar as it represents a pejorative for majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus, meaning "the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" originally was derived in the 1680s.
I’ve not come across a vulgus in quite a while, mobile or stationary.
 
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