screwery

English

Etymology

screw +‎ -ery

Noun

screwery (uncountable)

1. an act of screwing
   • 1969, Geoffrey Wolff, Bad Debts, page 62:

     It had been haphazard, that screwery. Ann had said she had had enough of mischief and carelessness but couldn't bear to injure her family.

   • 2011, Jeri Smith-Ready, Urban Fantasy Collection - Vampires: A Rush of Wings, ..., Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 837:

     "You're really going to screw her over, aren't you?" "Uh-huh." No point in showing remorse I don't feel. "But it's screwery in self-defense. She can't wait to fire us all after the takeover."

   • 2013 August 6, “Charlie Sheen -- New 'Angels' Identified ... Hardcore Porn Vets”, in TMZ‎^[1]:

     One is beautiful ... one is brilliant ... and they're all bangin' Charlie -- at least, that's the presumption because Mr. Sheen's new "angels" are all well versed in the art of screwery, TMZ has learned.

   • 2014 November 13, Anna Pulley, “Should I keep a blah winter boy- or girlfriend?”, in Chicago Tribune‎^[2]:

     There's no need for repeat, sub-par screwery simply because you don't know many people yet.

   • 2019 June 10, Steve Burke, GamersNexus‎^[3]:

     AMD’s press event yielded a ton of interesting, useful information, especially on the architecture side. There was some marketing screwery in there, but a surprisingly low amount for this type of event.

Usage notes

Generally only used for the senses of screw where fuck would be a synonym.

Synonyms

• (an act of screwing): fuckery