different between festivity vs rort
festivity
English
Etymology
From Old French festivité, from Latin festivitas
Noun
festivity (countable and uncountable, plural festivities)
- (often pluralized) A festival or similar celebration.
- An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
Antonyms
- (experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment): infestivity
Translations
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rort
English
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from rorty (“boisterous or rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué”). Originally slang but now in common usage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???(?)t/
- Homophone: wrought (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Noun
rort (plural rorts)
- (Australia, New Zealand) A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public money or resources.
- 2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 4067,
- Not all of the projects were bad or rorts; the majority were no doubt valuable to their communities.
- 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 81,
- It?s one of the great rorts in Australia that for overstaying your welcome (even by five minutes) in a space that may cost only a few dollars to park in, local councils are prepared to fine you anywhere from $50 to $120.
- 2011, Malcolm Knox, Greg Chappell, Fierce Focus, unnumbered page,
- The rort was that South Australia and Western Australia, who controlled their grounds, were allowed to double-dip. In Perth, for instance, the WACA sold season tickets, which they marketed in the form of memberships, to everything at the ground, including football. They had a huge membership and were rolling in money, but because they?d sold their tickets in memberships, they declared a loss on the cricket Test match. At the end of the season, though, they?d get the same twofourteenths[sic] of Pool Two as Queensland.
- 2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 4067,
Verb
rort (third-person singular simple present rorts, present participle rorting, simple past and past participle rorted)
- (Australia, New Zealand, transitive) To cheat or defraud.
- 1992, Victorian Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 496,
- He wants to change the system for the benefit of all and wants to stop the incredible rorting that has occurred within the prisons system.
- 2011, James Morton, Susanna Lobez, Kings of Stings: The Greatest Swindles From Down Under, page 118,
- York is then alleged to have rorted the doctor out of his share.
- 1992, Victorian Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 496,
Anagrams
- Torr, torr
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