" elect "

 [ "election" ]

1: a lying contest between two or more rich and/or powerful individuals

  * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Are you going to vote in the election 

 [ "election" ]

1: The worst system of choosing among candidates for public office -- except for all the others.

  * e.g.,  ... "The turnout for the election wasn't even 40% of eligible voters. The winner got a slight majority of that, so four out of five people DIDN'T vote for him. So from that he concludes he has a popular 'mandate'?!" 

 [ "election" ]

1: Noun: Deciding between the lesser of two evils. Ie: Skeletor or Krang

  * e.g.,  ... Oh great, another election. Which crook should I vote for? 

 [ "election" ]

1: humorous misspelling of "erection" that got memed into a real thing as a joke, but it's no longer funny. People try very hard to rise up to the top, then whoever wins at these "dick measuring contests" will usually screw us over and make a mess. Some weirdos like to watch them come and win

  * e.g.,  ... this election is painful to watch, these dickheads are really overcompensating with their absurd promises of growth, as if they'll be able to deliver 

 [ "Election" ]

1: Something that's rigged worse than a carnival dart game.

  * e.g.,  ... That dick didn't even win the popular vote, but won the election. 

 [ "The Elect" ]

1: Third-wave antiracist social justice warriors that take themselves too seriously and believe their cause is important enough that it warrants hurting other people, and sometimes destroying their lives, over even the smallest political correctness faults, especially on Twitter. The term was coined by Joseph Bottum and popularized by John McWhorter.

  * e.g.,  ... "We will term these people The Elect. They do think of themselves as bearers of a wisdom, granted them for any number of reasons—a gift for empathy, life experience, maybe even intelligence. But they see themselves as having been chosen, as it were, by one or some of these factors, as understanding something most do not." -- John McWhorter 

 [ "election" ]

1: A system where two people that represent the rich minority compete to see who can trick more people that they are actually going to do something in their interests.

  * e.g.,  ... Why the fuck vote? We all know whoever wins is going to be a Republican/Democrat and they're both going to tell us that they represent the working man while fucking everyone but the rich. 

 [ "Election" ]

1: A cultural event indigenous to New Hampshire.

  * e.g.,  ... Masshole driving in New Hampshire: hey look, there are signs for candidates on people's lawns. Is there an election coming up? New Hampshirite: You're in New Hampshire, so yes, there is an election coming up. 

 [ "election" ]

1: A real-world extension of the popularity contest held in high school by the same annoying, hypocritical, personality types who were on the "student council."

  * e.g.,  ... This electionis a waste of time. 

 [ "election" ]

1: a word you should avoid using at all costs, because of the risk of a freudian slip

  * e.g.,  ... The ere...election was quite exciting.