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Что (кто) такое hugger-mugger - определение

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tree-hugger; Treehugger; Tree Hugger; Tree-Hugger; Tree hugger (disambiguation)

hugger-mugger         
¦ adjective
1. confused; disorderly.
2. secret.
¦ noun
1. confusion or disorder.
2. secrecy.
Origin
C16: prob. related to huddle and to dialect mucker 'hoard money, conceal'.
hugger-mugger         
I. n.
(Contemptuous.)
1.
Secrecy, privacy.
2.
Disorder, confusion, slovenliness.
II. a.
(Contemptuous.)
1.
Secret, clandestine, sly.
2.
Mean, unfair, base, contemptible.
3.
Confused, disorderly, slovenly.
Hugger-mugger         
·adj Secret; clandestine; sly.
II. Hugger-mugger ·adj Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
III. Hugger-mugger ·noun Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.

Википедия

Tree hugger

Tree hugger may refer to:

  • A slang term, sometimes derogatory, for environmentalists
  • Chipko movement, an environmental movement in India
  • TreeHugger, a sustainability website
  • The Tree Hugger Project, an environmental art project
Примеры употребления для hugger-mugger
1. His edicts were then incorporated wholesale, hugger–mugger and without negotiation into the new Iraqi constitution.
2. That‘s because Bush –– hugger–mugger as usual –– recently renewed his infamous Executive Order 13303, the blanket immunity for all U.S. corporate interests involved in any way with Iraq‘s oil, the Deep Blade web log reports.
3. Thus, the sudden, hugger–mugger decision by California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson to override the objections of his own experts and certify the eminently hackable voting machines of the politically partisan firm, Diebold, for use throughout the state means, quite simply, that the fix is in for 2008.
4. As Cannon recalls: "When we arrived here, even the local Iraqi police were attacking us." Now he and his '0–strong company are confident enough to live hugger–mugger with a detachment of hand–picked Iraqi police in a downtown police station.
5. "The days of the weekly family outing are long gone and with vehicle population increasing by 27 per cent year on year, brand marketers know they need to capture eyeballs where they exist and not just rely on newspapers and television." For the big foreign media groups entering the hugger–mugger of Indian street life, the biggest challenge will undoubtedly be to find advertisers willing to pay a premium for a high–end service.