kidologyn.

Brit.

/kɪˈdɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/kɪˈdɑlədʒi/

Etymology: < kid v.⁴ + -ology comb. form.

colloquial.

The art of ‘kidding’ or deceiving; knowing or studied deception, mockery, humbug; teasing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun]

legerdemain1532

hocus-pocus1647

sham1683

funning1728

humbugging1752

humming1807

hoaxing1808

larking1813

cutting-up1843

cut-up1843

shenanigan1855

codology1860

greening1863

cod1866

leg-pulling1879

spoof1889

codding1892

spoofery1895

four-flushing1901

kidding1901

shenaniganning1924

kidology1964

1964 Times 21 Feb. 9/4 Abolition would lead to the whole box of tricks based on ‘kidology’, with gimmicks of every kind and stamps of every colour.

1965 Sunday Times Mag. 11 July 21 Both sides are expert with the madam—a form of kidology which seems to come naturally to most Merseysiders.

1969 J. Wainwright Take-over Men ix. 161 It is even doubtful whether they [sc. the police] can indulge in large-scale kidology with the Press.

1973 Times 15 Feb. 18/4 But all this is kidology and both the Government and the CBI know it!

1984 Listener 9 Aug. 36/2 The BBC commentary team showed great resourcefulness in improvising a form of kidology known as the ‘perhaps’ factor. This involves using the fact that the British hopeful is out of camera shot to intimate that they are ‘perhaps in second place’ when actually they are fourth or fifth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kidology
释义	kidologyn. Brit. /kɪˈdɒlədʒi/, U.S. /kɪˈdɑlədʒi/ Etymology: < kid v.⁴ + -ology comb. form. colloquial. The art of ‘kidding’ or deceiving; knowing or studied deception, mockery, humbug; teasing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] legerdemain1532 hocus-pocus1647 sham1683 funning1728 humbugging1752 humming1807 hoaxing1808 larking1813 cutting-up1843 cut-up1843 shenanigan1855 codology1860 greening1863 cod1866 leg-pulling1879 spoof1889 codding1892 spoofery1895 four-flushing1901 kidding1901 shenaniganning1924 kidology1964 1964 Times 21 Feb. 9/4 Abolition would lead to the whole box of tricks based on ‘kidology’, with gimmicks of every kind and stamps of every colour. 1965 Sunday Times Mag. 11 July 21 Both sides are expert with the madam—a form of kidology which seems to come naturally to most Merseysiders. 1969 J. Wainwright Take-over Men ix. 161 It is even doubtful whether they [sc. the police] can indulge in large-scale kidology with the Press. 1973 Times 15 Feb. 18/4 But all this is kidology and both the Government and the CBI know it! 1984 Listener 9 Aug. 36/2 The BBC commentary team showed great resourcefulness in improvising a form of kidology known as the ‘perhaps’ factor. This involves using the fact that the British hopeful is out of camera shot to intimate that they are ‘perhaps in second place’ when actually they are fourth or fifth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1964
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