Scroogesque

English Etymology From en Scrooge esque. Adjective Resembling or characteristic of Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly. en Scroogelike Scroogey Scroogian en William Thorsell Life’s a ball, a Fund-thing w:Edmonton Journal 21 May 1981 A4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/472113274/ The Tories have been positively Scroogesque with our accumulated billions. en w:Studs Terkel Chicago w:Pantheon Books 1986 2 0-394-55337-3 To me, growing increasingly Scroogesque, each day is a Winterreise, without the snow, the linden tree, the cold (though a chute or two is pneumonia-drafty) or the weather-vane. en “Santa Claus” The Santa Interview w:The Age 134th year 41,364 24 December 1987 1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122179852/ I mean three years ago in this very supplement of your newspaper some fool actually wrote an article called ‘How to Ruin Your Child’s Christmas’. That kind of stuff gets back to me and it hurts. I mean, we can do without that sort of Scroogesque rubbish. en Henry Mitchell ‘Rotten’ gifts for gardeners grow cheer The Daily Sentinel 97 23 Grand Junction, Colo. 23 December 1988 1C https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/539135691/ Many gardeners are lukewarm toward poinsettias. The main trouble with them is they stay in bloom till March, but I suppose it’s Scroogesque to complain of a pot plant that behaves so well. en New Socialist 1989 56 The great guru X Moore, former lead singer of Trotskyist skinhead band The Redskins, took a less Scroogesque view. He claimed that Xmas is but a foretaste of the coming socialist millennium en An Open Letter to the Community from Willie Preston, Mayor Pro Tem Lincoln News Messenger 104 16 Lincoln, Calif. 19 January 1995 3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382453803/ To the Scroogesque reference to a Christmas party which I attended, along with City staff, I must clear up the events that actually took place. en Dolores Tropiano Putting Heart in the Holidays: Generous deeds bring out true meaning of the season w:The Arizona Republic 107th year 206 Phoenix, Ariz. 10 December 1996 C1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/123855387/ Gardner suggests the perfect gift for the person in your life who has it all — nothing! It’s not as Scroogesque as it sounds. She recommends giving a gift from her Global Gift Guide instead. Such gifts might include clothing and shelter for a homeless child in Vietnam for $35 a month or dental exams for children in Cambodia. en Mike Stanger Happy event hurt by image of bikers as bad guys The Vancouver Sun 29 October 1998 A18 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496240511/ I’ve owned and ridden a motorcycle for three years, and on Sunday morning I took part in the 20th annual Vancouver Toy Run for the third time. It is a great event that provides a little bit of joy not only for the participants, but also for the thousands of Lower Mainland children who are recipients of the donated toys. I’m saddened by Burnaby’s Scroogesque attitude to the Toy Run, as are many others (‘Families disadvantaged’ by disappointing run, Oct. 26). en w:The Observer 22 November 1998 44 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/258279482/ Of course, I love giving gifts, because I’m a loving and giving sorta girl. But not that loving and giving, because I’ll only do it on my terms, which unfortunately also means that I don’t like giving gifts when you’re meant to give them. So I am rubbish at birthdays and only slightly better at Christmas (and then only because I like expensive, glitzily-themed wrapping concepts). The problem is, I worry so extraordinarily about getting it right that, forever teetering on the brink of extravagant impulse buys and Scroogesque denial, I sometimes don’t get it at all rather than get it remotely wrong. en Clay McFerrin What’s in the value of a gift? The Charleston Sun-Sentinel 75 52 Charleston, Miss. 24 December 1998 4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/305312609/ What is it about each passing Christmas that causes the next to seem so appealing? Maybe it’s the fact that the next is a full year away! That may seem Scroogesque, but there is a bit of truth in it for a lot of adults. en Stephen Brown Marketing – the Retro Revolution SAGE Publications 2001 96 0 7619 6851 2 Buying shoes without shoe boxes bespeaks cheapness of Scroogesque proportions. en Anthony Fowles John Dryden: A Critical Study Greenwich Exchange 2003 92 The lines, in short, suggest themselves as a Scroogesque anti-echo of verse written at the century’s start: / My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, / Dishes of agat set in gold, and studded / With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths and rubies. en Paul Andrews Christmas Clicking U.S. News & World Report 15 December 2003 42 Although overall holiday-sales forecasts range from Panglossian to Scroogesque, analysts agree that online shopping is booming. en David Fee w:The Independent 6,925 24 December 2008 26 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/723427875/ Perhaps I’m being a little Scroogesque to inform Susie “No Mates” Rushton about all the beautiful Christmas cards that have been dropping heavily into our hallway, courtesy of our friendly postman. en Stephen Scala Curly Dish Pig Tales Balboa Press, Hay House 2014 123 978-1-4525-1354-6 Truth is for me I didn't know whether it was managerial incompetence or planned Scroogesque mismanagement. Always being such a tight arse to this extreme is bad management in the restaurant game. en A Christmas Carol en eponyms terms derived from Dickensian works 2-syllable words