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frugging

frugging noun: the process whereby a product marketer falsely purports to be a market researcher conducting a statistical survey, when in reality the "researcher" is attempting to solicit a donation.

Noun

frugging (uncountable)

  1. The process whereby a product marketer falsely purports to be a market researcher conducting a statistical survey, when in reality the "researcher" is attempting to solicit a donation.

Origin of frugging

Initialism of fund-raising under the guise of research.

Questions about frugging

What does frugging mean?
Frugging means the process whereby a product marketer falsely purports to be a market researcher conducting a statistical survey, when in reality the "researcher" is attempting to solicit a donation.
What part of speech is frugging?
Frugging is a noun.

Words near frugging in the dictionary

  1. frugally
  2. frugalness
  3. Fruge
  4. Fruges
  5. frugged
  6. frugging
  7. frugiferent
  8. frugiferous
  9. frugivore
  10. frugivores
  11. frugivorous

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