screwings
Twisting into place
Screwings are instances of being cheated, exploited, or treated unfairly.
The word derives from the slang sense of screw meaning to take advantage of someone: After all the screwings I've gotten from that company, I'm taking my business elsewhere.
Less commonly, screwings refers to acts of sexual intercourse.
Making less loose
- boltingDeparting at speed
- securingMaking firmly fixed
- attachingJoining to something else
- threadingPassing strand through opening
drilling · anchoring · mounting · fixing · clamping · driving · inserting · twisting
Fraudulent taking of money
- defraudingCheating for gain
- ripping offCheating or overcharging
- conningDefrauding through deception
- exploitingUsing selfishly for benefit
overcharging · gouging · fleecing · bilking · shortchanging · deceiving · hustling · scamming
Unexpected meetings with others
- liaisonsContacts bridging organizations
- hookupsCasual intimate encounters
- affairsMatters requiring attention
- couplingsDevices joining two parts
intercourse · intimacies · trysts · romps · flings · dalliances · assignations · rendezvous
Doing something poorly
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- messing upFailing through carelessness
- fouling upMaking errors that spoil
- wreckingDestroying completely
sabotaging · spoiling · damaging · destroying · mangling · undermining · derailing · mishandling
tightening
Making less loose
threading · drilling · anchoring · mounting · fixing · clamping · driving · inserting · twisting · coupling
swindling
Fraudulent taking of money
- defraudingCheating for gain
- ripping offCheating or overcharging
- conningDefrauding through deception
exploiting · overcharging · gouging · fleecing · bilking · shortchanging · deceiving · hustling · scamming · deception
encounters
Unexpected meetings with others
- liaisonsContacts bridging organizations
- hookupsCasual intimate encounters
- affairsMatters requiring attention
couplings · intercourse · intimacies · trysts · romps · flings · dalliances · assignations · rendezvous · bedding
botching
Doing something poorly
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- messing upFailing through carelessness
- fouling upMaking errors that spoil
wrecking · sabotaging · spoiling · damaging · destroying · mangling · undermining · derailing · mishandling · blundering
screwingsfair treatment
Impartial, unbiased handling
square deals · helping · benefiting · favoring · generosities
- screwing upFailing through carelessness
- screwing offIdling instead of working
- screwing aroundIdling unproductively, often playfully
- screwing overDeliberately causing harm through deceit
- screwing withDeliberately annoying or deceiving
- screwing the poochFailing spectacularly through carelessness