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screwtapeverb
To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.
screwtapeverb
To bump a particularly old topic thread on the internet or in an electronic forum, by posting an ironic or humorous reply to a previous message.
Etymology: See the C. S. Lewis book, The Screwtape Letters, from the compound of. The internet sense is thought to have originated on the internet Flintstones forum, Pebblescrap.
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Screwtape
Screwtape appears as a fictional demon in the book The Screwtape Letters (1942) and in its sequel short story Screwtape Proposes a Toast (1959), both written by the Christian author C. S. Lewis. Screwtape is also the title of the stage adaptation of the Letters by James Forsyth (originally Dear Wormwood, 1961). Screwtape holds the rank of Senior Tempter and serves as the Undersecretary of his department in what Lewis envisages as a sort of infernal Civil Service. The Screwtape Letters represent his side of the correspondence with his nephew Wormwood, as mentor to the young demon who is charged with the guidance of one man. He has a secretary called Toadpipe. The Toast is Screwtape's after-dinner speech at the Tempters' Training College and satirises American and British or English public education. Screwtape appears to understand very well the nature of human minds and human weaknesses, although nothing about human love. He also has a way with words and a fondness for sarcasm.
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Screwtape
Screwtape is a fictional devil in a book The Screwtape Letters and its sequel short fiction Screwtape Proposes a Toast, both written by the Christian author C. S. Lewis. Screwtape is also the title of the stage adaptation of the Letters by James Forsyth. Screwtape is a Senior Tempter and the Undersecretary of his department. The Letters are his side of the correspondence with his nephew Wormwood, as mentor to the young devil who is charged with the guidance of one man. The Toast is Screwtape's after-dinner speech at the Tempters' Training College and is a satire on American and British or English public education. Screwtape appears to understand very well the nature of human minds and weaknesses, although nothing about love. He also has a way with words and a fondness for sarcasm.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of screwtape in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of screwtape in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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