skulduggery

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The Word of the Day for November 20 is:=20

skulduggery   \skull-DUG-uh-ree\   noun
          : underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; also : a devious devic=
e or trick

Example sentence:
          The investigation uncovered that the company had falsified the=
ir records, along with other sorts of financial skulduggery.

Did you know?
          =E2=80=9CSkulduggery,=E2=80=9D which can also be spelled =E2=80=
=9Cskullduggery,=E2=80=9D was first documented in the mid-19th century s=
pelled as "scull-duggery." Etymologists aren't sure exactly how the word=
 arrived in English, but they do not believe it has anything to do with =
skulls. It is possibly derived from the now-very-rare "sculduddery," a t=
erm once used to refer to gross or lewd conduct, but unfortunately the o=
rigins of that word are also unknown.





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