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scummy

[skuhm-ee] / ˈskʌm i /




















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Of course that would be scummy, and it sounds like it must be fraud.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2022

Listen, spin docs: Quit rebranding pols who’ve acted scummy!

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

Darwin was the first modern observer to drop a pebble into the scummy pond of disgust studies.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

“It’s scummy that Uber made me ‘confirm’ this before riding?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2020

It seemed to break from scummy bubbles lanced by the sun, and drift downwind, getting thicker.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye