screwery
screwery noun: an act of screwing.
Noun
screwery (uncountable)
- an act of screwing
- It had been haphazard, that screwery. Ann had said she had had enough of mischief and carelessness but couldn't bear to injure her family.1969, Geoffrey Wolff, Bad Debts, page 62
- "You're really going to screw her over, aren't you?" "Uh-huh." No point in showing remorse I don't feel. "But it's screwery in self-defense. She can't wait to fire us all after the takeover."2011, Jeri Smith-Ready, Urban Fantasy Collection - Vampires: A Rush of Wings, ..., Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 837
- Synonyms:
- fuckery
Examples of screwery in a sentence
- Sheen's new "angels" are all well versed in the art of screwery, TMZ has learned.2013 August 6, “Charlie Sheen -- New 'Angels' Identified ... Hardcore Porn Vets”, in TMZ:
- There's no need for repeat, sub-par screwery simply because you don't know many people yet.2014 November 13, Anna Pulley, “Should I keep a blah winter boy- or girlfriend?”, in Chicago Tribune:
- There was some marketing screwery in there, but a surprisingly low amount for this type of event.2019 June 10, Steve Burke, GamersNexus:
Synonyms of screwery
Origin of screwery
From screw + -ery.
Questions about screwery
- What does screwery mean?
- Screwery means an act of screwing.
- How do you use screwery in a sentence?
- Sheen's new "angels" are all well versed in the art of screwery, TMZ has learned.
- What part of speech is screwery?
- Screwery is a noun.
Words near screwery in the dictionary
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