Merkozy is a name coined for the German and French leaders, Merkel and Sarkozy, acting together. The Russians have coined the word Medveput to describe the rule in tandem by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin. The word has caught on in Russia, and has now become a common noun, spelled with a lower case m and declined like a regular masculine noun (medveputy, or медвепуты, in the plural), when it means a follower of the duo. It is intended to be either humorous, or scathing, from what I can tell, and it seems to have captured the imagination because of the similarities to the word Lilliput (remember that was a place inhabited by tiny people).
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January 17, 2012
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Cameregg? Cleggeron?
Posted by: Picky | January 17, 2012 at 08:53 PM
Good ones, Picky. I wonder why it is that combining two names sounds either humorous or ridiculous!
Posted by: Virtual Linguist | January 18, 2012 at 11:01 AM