shyster, inept, venal, lecherous, handsy, weenie, Giftionery

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy'

By JOHN JULIUS NORWICH
Reviewed by BILL KELLER

John Julius Norwich's popular history of the papacy finds that the truly great popes were outnumbered by the corrupt, the inept, the venal, the lecherous and the mediocre.

倫敦電影節將在10月10日開幕，開場影片是海倫娜·卡特的男朋友、美國導演蒂姆·伯頓（Tim Burton）執導的動畫片《科學怪狗》（Franknenweenie）。

'Even as politicians preach about the dangers of later pub opening hours for the feckless electorate, many of their number get notoriously drunk and handsy in bars that – unbelievably, no matter how many times I type it – are heavily subsidised by the taxpayer. Occasionally the police are called to these watering holes' (via Comment is free)

Welcome to Westminster: where lecherous shysters get pissed at our expense | Marina Hyde

Marina Hyde: Like all dysfunctional institutions, parliament has normalised a code of behaviour that wider society finds unacceptable

THE GUARDIAN|由 MARINA HYDE 上傳

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handsy (comparative handsier, superlative handsiest)

1. (informal) prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially inappropriately  [quotations ▼]

shyster

Line breaks: shy|ster

Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌɪstə 

  

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NOUN

• informal

• A person, especially a lawyer, who uses unscrupulous, fraudulent, or deceptive methods in business:an ambulance-chasing shyster[AS MODIFIER]:  this guy makes used-car salesmen and shyster real-estate agents look good

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Origin

mid 19th century: said to be from Scheuster, the name of a lawyer whose behaviour provoked accusations of ‘scheuster’ practices, perhaps reinforced by GermanScheisser 'worthless person'.

giftionery.=gift+stationery

Giftionery Taipei

www.giftionery.net/ - Cached

Gift show, stationery, culture creative, design, houseware, toy, kitchenware, promotional gift, brand licensing.

台北國際禮品暨文具展覽會

展覽簡介 - 參展廠商名單 - 參展手冊 - 產品型錄 - ...

venal

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[形]((形式))

1 〈人が〉買収されやすい, わいろで自由になる, 〈地位・権利などが〉金で買える, 買収しうる.

2 腐敗した, 堕落の.

［ラテン語vēnālis （vēnum売り物の＋-AL）. △VEND］

ve・nal・ly

[副]金次第で, 金銭ずくで.

wee·nie/ˈwēnē/

Noun:

vulgar. A man's penis. derogatory. A weak, socially inept, or boringly studious person: "the tech weenies".