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screwee

screwee

1 9.9
A person who is cheated and taken advantage of in a deal
  • noun
  • Slang
translation icon : estafado
  • Every scam needs both a scammer and a screwee to work.

Examples

  • Don't be a screwee in this deal.

  • Nobody wants to be the screwee in a business partnership.

  • Unfortunately, she ended up as the screwee in the apartment contract dispute.

  • Many screwees are left without support.

  • In the business deal, she felt like the screwee when she realized the terms were heavily in his favor.

  • After the lottery scam, many people became screwees who lost their life savings.

  • He was the screwee in the contract, as the fine print took advantage of his lack of legal knowledge.

Synonyms

pawn
vsscrewee
  • Offensive
69 7.2

A person used by others to do what they want

is cheated or exploited in a deal rather than merely used as a tool

How Exploited

victim
∞ 1.5
screwee
  • Slang
1 9.9
dupe
  • Offensive
14 7.0
mark
  • Offensive
46 8.8

Surface Forms

screwee singular
screwees plural

Morphology

screwee = screw (semi-transparent) = screw + ee

Formed by the productive suffix '-ee' meaning a person who is the object of an action; meaning is predictable but informal and carries slang/pejorative nuance.

Etymology

Screwee comes from screw (to cheat or treat someone badly) and the ending -ee that names the person on the receiving side, like in employee or payee. So a screwee is the person who gets 'screwed' in a deal.