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screwtape

verb

Etymology

In reference to the C. S. Lewis book The Screwtape Letters (1942), about an inexperienced demon sent to tempt a man to sin, from screw + tape.

  1. inherited from tæppa
  2. inherited from tape
  3. compounded as screwtape — “screw + tape”

Definitions

  1. To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.

    • His collection of songlines and timelines snarled at him like a screwtaped confession.
    • Perhaps, beyond the lands of shadow, it will be exposed as merely a Screwtaped illusion.
    • ...but they never got the chance From the rulers near-almighty down to the lower ranks of the CF hierarchy screw-taping rejection editors at the BBC and controlling clerky types at this or that ministry

  2. One of a set of slow-tempo, lo-fi psychedelic mixtapes created by DJ Screw around 1992

    • In addition, slab riders were not only playing the screwtapes in their decks, they were also rapping on them.
    • It's something that they have taken from the Screwtapes. The influence is just that great.
    • Screwed Up Click member E.S.G. notes that "the reason why the niggas was talkin' about the SLABs and shit was because these was the niggas [SLAB riders] goin's to Screw's house makin' the screwtapes".

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for screwtape. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA