Kordanifying, Kordanizing, and Kordan in general...

A shame that Jon Stewart hasn't brought this up. It would've been something right up his alley.

If you hadn't heard about it either, then you're not alone. This happened to have happened (Yes, I used the same word twice in the same sentence) on U.S. Election Day, when "Yes We Can" was the moniker, as opposed to "I swear to Allah that I have received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University!"

The culprit was none other than former Iranian interior minister Ali Kordan, a man who claimed to have received an honorary doctorate in law from none other than Oxford University in London! Problem with this is that Oxford is not located in London, it's located in Oxfordshire, a town that's about 55 miles away from London, but whose keeping tabs?

After making this announcement and showing off his degree, which contained the signatures of no less than three professors, none of whom were related to the faculty of law, all published in CAPS LOCK, which makes it look very 'official,' and had a few spelling errors, academics and especially Oxford University started scratching their heads.
After doing a thorough check of their records, Oxford found out that Ali Kordan had not ever received an honorary degree from Oxford, nor had he ever attended Oxford University to begin with!

Of course, with Kordan vehemently defending that he indeed did receive this degree, more speculation came that he ordered this very official-looking degree from a diploma mill that emphasizes life experience over academics.

Anyhow, with this funny episode, I'm reminded of a certain sketch that the Australian group known as The Chasers did. Basically, one of the guys paid $400 to get his dog a degree in medicine, essentially creating a new Dr. Zoidberg!



Anyhow, Ali Kordan has given rise to a new set of words that would be good to use to describe and if you read the London Guardian, this is a good way to bring new words to the English language.

Kordanize (v)
1. To get a PhD without having a Bsc
2. To become an important person (eg. minister) by presenting fake certificate or documents

Kordanification (n)
1. The process of getting a fake degree, especially from a prestigious university (e.g. Oxford)
2. The relationship between happiness and telling a big lie
3, A method to gain self-confidence

Kordanism (n)
1. The philosophy and strategy of telling a lie to a large group of people (e.g. a nation)
2. A psychological method for deceiving people and laughing simultaneously

Kordanic (adj)
1. Happy
2. Self-confident
3. Relaxed

Kordanicaly (adv)
1. In a Kordanic manner

Power stirs corruption in an already corrupt country...