Useful new word
May. 20th, 2003 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenite0Laura and I were talking about things we want in a house and how we want to avoid homeowners' associations. I pointed out even if the rules seem okay they can be changed by the association. In practice that means those with no lives who want to spend all their time in homeowners' association meetings get to run the place. So I figured there had to be a greek word for this . . . and found "argos", greek for lazy, idle, or unemployed. No relation to the guy with the eyes, it's from "a-ergos" = "no work". So we get:
Argocracy - rule by those with no useful work to do.
I think that might apply to more than homeowners' associations.
Argocracy - rule by those with no useful work to do.
I think that might apply to more than homeowners' associations.
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Date: 2003-05-20 05:15 pm (UTC)Most boards of education, recreational park boards, and fraternal clubs come to mind. So does MENSA. The SCA's BoD can act like that on occasional as well.
Yes!!!
Date: 2003-05-21 08:58 am (UTC)=-)
Oh and one of the things I specifically told my realtor.. I will *NOT* buy a home that is within the jurisdiction of a homeowners association. And I have found that is not all that uncommon. So Thiippppppt to those who say that home owners associations help improve "value" and "resale". It alienates at least as many as it specifically attracts.