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quinta-feira, 7 de abril de 2016

Snollygoster


Snollygoster
n. Slang


One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.

Etymology: 19th-century American English. Possibly from snallygaster, a mythical beast that preys on poultry and children, possibly from Pennsylvania German schnelle geeschter, from German schnell, quick + geist, spirit.




Today I learned this word. It seems a coincidence, but afterwards I read that a minister from my country dared to say on his facebook that some of his critics should be slapped on the face. Where has the "culture" of good manners gone to? 

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