i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 11 months agoNewspaper in 1924 writing to historians in 2024 , Casper daily Tribune , 25th march 1924.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1998arrow-down115
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minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·11 months agoWait, so the politicians were grafters (hard workers), not grifters? So among all the negatives, they found a positive for politicians?
minus-squaremycatiskai@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoI believe it is the regular definition rather than the slang definition. a person who obtains money or other advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of position or influence in politics, business,
minus-square15liam20@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoTwo. a parasite https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/uhqbmpq
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoBoodlers (according to Webster) or Sharpers Hooligans Reprobates Swindlers Blackguards Profligates Scoundrels Wastrels Miscreants
Wait, so the politicians were grafters (hard workers), not grifters? So among all the negatives, they found a positive for politicians?
I believe it is the regular definition rather than the slang definition.
Two. a parasite
https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/uhqbmpq
Boodlers (according to Webster) or Sharpers
Hooligans
Reprobates
Swindlers
Blackguards
Profligates
Scoundrels
Wastrels
Miscreants