It said to me: "We believe so strongly in 'meretrocracy' that we have gone from pretending to be 'meritorious' to being 'meretricious.'" Ok, I made up meretro

It said to me: "We believe so strongly in 'meretrocracy' that we have gone from pretending to be 'meritorious' to being 'meretricious.'" Ok, I made up meretrocacy. It's derived from the L. 'meretrix' meaning 'prostitute.' Meretricious however is in the dictionary, and even my spellcheck!