BANGKOK: English may not be widely spoken in Thailand but new words are minted every now and then to keep the political sparks flying in this country of 62 million.
The latest are “Thaksinisation” and “Thaknocracy”. They are unlikely to be listed in any lexicon but the terms, coined by respected academic Thirayuth Boonmi, have spewed enough controversy to start a new row between supporters of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai party and his detractors, most of whom are sympathetic to the Democrat Party led by former premier Chuan Leekpai.
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