A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire
Lucifer’s Lexicon

Modern life, properly defined.

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GOVERNANCE

n.The machinery by which a decision acquires enough signatures to become nobody's fault.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer operating a governance machine that collects signatures before producing an output labelled NOBODY'S FAULT.
The illustrated dictionary GOVERNANCE
A connected train of thought

  1. Corporate Speak

    ACCOUNTABILITY n.

    Responsibility assigned downward after authority has remained above.

  2. Corporate Speak

    OWNERSHIP n.

    Responsibility bestowed without the vulgar accompaniment of power.

  3. Corporate Speak

    ALIGNMENT n.

    Agreement sufficiently vague to survive contact with disagreement.