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- noun The state or condition of being
scummy .
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Examples
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But the scumminess of Abramoff cost America peanuts compared to the not so scummy, in plain sight behavior that Gibney points to at the end of his film.
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Once the Derby has been run, and that unholy spectacle retired for a year, the inexorable trot toward increased scumminess and the restoration of American horse racing's signature unsavoriness begins.
Matthew DeBord: The Preakness: Fear and Loathing of a Fantastic Filly 2009
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He never completely lost his scumminess, but in many later issues it was scumminess for the sake of the League- deep down he believed in it.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #142 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Example: I have a blacklist against the North American Man/Boy Love Association because they are evil freaks of limitless scumminess.
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Example: I have a blacklist against the North American Man/Boy Love Association because they are evil freaks of limitless scumminess.
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One of the biggest thorns in that plan, though, is that, like all native New Yorkers, I've been taught that L.A. is Satan's playground, a nest of seediness and scumminess where MTV reality shows reign.
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And yet despite the scumminess of what he did (giving an important six-figure state job as head of homeland security to one's totally unqualified lover, gay or straight, is inexcusable), his story raises a couple of useful questions that go beyond the enduring confines of the closet: Why are the most ambitious so often the most self-destructive, willing to jeopardize everything (Clinton again) for some sex?
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And that had that faintly greasy taste of scumminess.
Funny To A Narrow Subset of People, But Those People Will Die 2004
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Whenever she shares these tricks, I have even more faith in her realtor scumminess.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2002
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As a citizen, I had plenty of regrets about the state of the union, the morality of youth, the politicization of government and the overall scumminess of our debased politics.
New Facts Fail to Reveal Rudy, Municipal Man of Mystery 2000
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