Today's new word--GONGO

It's been awhile since I found a new word interesting enough to write about. I'm currently reading The Professor and the Madman which is about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, so words are more interesting again. Anyway, in Kerry Dumbaugh's very interesting lecture and films this week about the social and economic problems facing China, she mentioned GONGO. She briefly noted the role of non-governmental organizations in China, and then told us about the GONGO, "Chinese government organized nongovernmental organizations" which have been viewed by most China scholars and international agencies simply as extended organs of the government. And I immediately thought of ACORN, the association of community organizers for reform NOW which through the election of Barack Obama, have become an arm of the President, as he railroads through his reforms NOW with no one reading the legislation EVER or having any thought of unintended consequences. They continue to screw up the housing market with government grants and organizational pressure, and I'm sure that won't end.