screwtape

present singular third person screwtapes · participle present screwtaping · participle past screwtaped · past screwtaped

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

   His collection of songlines and timelines snarled at him like a screwtaped confession.

   2007, Palace Pier Blues, →ISBN, page 33

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   Perhaps, beyond the lands of shadow, it will be exposed as merely a Screwtaped illusion.

   2013, Joseph Pearce, C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church, →ISBN

   ...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

   2015, A. Nonn, King Ludwig's Legacy and Other Poems, →ISBN

plural screwtapes

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

   It's something that they have taken from the Screwtapes. The influence is just that great.

   2018, Lance Scott Walker, Houston Rap Tapes: An Oral History of Bayou City Hip-Hop, →ISBN, page 312

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   In addition, slab riders were not only playing the screwtapes in their decks, they were also rapping on them.

   2016, Michelle L. Stefano, Peter Davis, The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritage, →ISBN

   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".

   2018, Fernando Orejuela, Stephanie Shonekan, Black Lives Matter and Music: Protest, Intervention, Reflection, →ISBN, page 59