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[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

DOGet the fuck out of the US government...

I'm not even American but I feel like the joke fits... Unlike DOGE

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 76 points 1 week ago

Department of Obvious Grift and Extortion perhaps?

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 week ago

Department Of Grifty Edgelords.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago

Dumb Oligarch Gets Everything

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 38 points 1 week ago

Die Of Gonorrhea, Elon

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Department of Oligarchy, Graft, and Edgelords

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

graft /grăft/ noun

Deceitful or fraudulent use of one's position, especially in public office, to obtain personal profits or advantages. Money or advantage obtained by such means. 

intransitive verb

To gain money or advantage through deceit or fraud. 
[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm pretty sure they mean grift, since graft's most well known meaning is transplanting living tissue.

Your meaning is exists only in the US and it's not that universal.

I was making a joke given the most well known meaning.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Department of Government Extermination.

[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Don’t Oligarchs Get Everything?

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago

Department of Goebbels Employees

[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Doofus Operating Goverent Entity

Dicks Organising Gorvernment's End

Don't Overexplain, Greed Everywhere

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I really like the first one

[–] zebbb@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

Destroying Our Goverment Entirely 👀

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Donald Openly Gargles Erections

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 12 points 1 week ago

Department of Government Extermination

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

Best I saw was department of greedy elon

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Dickhead Oligarch Getting Enriched

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dicks Out Government Enemies

Dicking Over God’s Exceptionals

Dicking Over Generally Everything

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Dicks Out, Get Eating

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago

Dumbass Overlooking Governmental Existence

Delivering Orders from our Greatest Enemy (putin)

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Dickish Orangutans Grifting Everyone

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Deftly Obfuscating Grotesque Exploitation

[–] Ryura@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Department of Government Enshittification

[–] Panda@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

It's a Shiba Inu.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

Department of Gratuitous Elonery

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Duplicitous Orange Guy Expires

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Move fast and break things (hopefully they follow court orders)

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

MFABT != DOGE