siltarumpupolitiikka

Finnish

Etymology

siltarumpu (culvert) + politiikka (politics); coined by the MP Jörn Donner who criticized his fellow MP's for the practice.

Noun

siltarumpupolitiikka

  1. (politics) pork-barrelling, provincialism, parochialism; parish pump politics (Ireland) (practice of MP's favoring their own voters instead of promoting national interest)

Declension

Inflection of siltarumpupolitiikka (Kotus type 9/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative siltarumpupolitiikka
genitive siltarumpupolitiikan
partitive siltarumpupolitiikkaa
illative siltarumpupolitiikkaan
singular plural
nominative siltarumpupolitiikka
accusative nom. siltarumpupolitiikka
gen. siltarumpupolitiikan
genitive siltarumpupolitiikan
partitive siltarumpupolitiikkaa
inessive siltarumpupolitiikassa
elative siltarumpupolitiikasta
illative siltarumpupolitiikkaan
adessive siltarumpupolitiikalla
ablative siltarumpupolitiikalta
allative siltarumpupolitiikalle
essive siltarumpupolitiikkana
translative siltarumpupolitiikaksi
instructive
abessive siltarumpupolitiikatta
comitative
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