Ruthanasia en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of Ruth + euthanasia, in reference to the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.
Meanings
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(New-Zealand, derogatory, slang, uncountable) The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.
Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia.
1991, New Statesman Society, volume 4: