Ruthanasia

English

Etymology

Blend of Ruth +‎ euthanasia, in reference to the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.

Noun

Ruthanasia (uncountable)

1. (slang, derogatory, New Zealand politics) The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.
   • 1991, New Statesman Society, volume 4:

     Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia.