TO DOLE OUT
SHODDY
Adjective:
- Being of poor quality or construction. [W]
‘We pay exorbitant prices for shoddy service because broadband providers print money and hold innovation in a death grip.’ [X]
TO DISPARAGE
Verb:
- To ridicule, mock, discredit. [W]
‘At the end of a week in which Electronic Arts confirmed it wasn’t developing a thing for the Wii U, one of the software engineers in EA Sports’ Canada studio, in a series of since-deleted tweets, disparaged the console as “crap” and suggested Nintendo should give up on hardware altogether.’ [X]
UNFLINCHINGLY
Adverb:
- Without showing fear or indecision; resolutely. [W]
This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
-English Proverb
CRONYISM
Noun:
- The practice of favoring one’s close friends, especially in political appointments. [Dictionary.com]
‘Whistleblower’ claims cronyism and fear at ICANN
A word I’ve been looking for. Seriously.
RAPACIOUS
Adjective:
- Greedy; ravenous.
- Subsisting on live prey. [TheFreeDictionary]
DF:
‘The difference between Google’s predatory rapaciousness today and Microsoft’s of yore is that Microsoft wore it on their sleeve, they owned it, celebrated it.’
‘Microsoft’s of yore’. So eloquent.
BATTERY
Noun:
‘Last week, the guy in charge of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office was charged with sexual battery.’ [NextDraft]
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TO HORNSWOGGLE
I wish more people used the word “shirking” It is a pretty legitimate word.
TO SHIRK
Verb:
- To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. [W]
‘If you have a job, don’t shirk from it and not show up at work.’
INCLEMENT
TO PIT
BRIDLE
Burt Bacharach (via quotedojo)
As Finnish is pretty much pronounced as it’s written, this problem is nonexistent in Finnish language.
FLIGHT
Noun:
- A set of steps or stairs between one landing or floor and the next. [Dictionary.com]
‘One flight up.’
