Gaulibouille

Dictionary entry

Gaulibouille — A solemn, top-down way of enthusiastically invoking the people to remind them that they are sovereign, while firmly making clear who is in charge.

Pronunciation (French IPA): /ɡo.li.buj/ — Approximation for English speakers: goh-lee-BOOY.

Definition — A solemn, top-down way of enthusiastically invoking the people to remind them that they are sovereign, while firmly making clear who is in charge.

The Gaulibouille does not despise the people. Quite the contrary: he loves them dearly. So dearly, in fact, that he prefers to take care of everything himself.

Example: “The people! The people! The people! My dear fellow citizens, you alone hold the real power. That is precisely why my government shall specify, by decree, the reasonable terms under which you may exercise it.”

Related word: Gaulibouiller

Verb — To enthusiastically invoke the sovereignty of the people while firmly exercising, in their place, the power one has just acknowledged as theirs.

Example: “The people! The people! The people!” the head of government gaulibouilla-ed, before signing the decree specifying what the people had freely decided.

Word family

  • Gaulibouille: the manner, the posture, or the person who practices it.
  • Gaulibouiller: to practice Gaulibouille.
  • Gaulibouillage: the exercise or manifestation of Gaulibouille.

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