screwtape

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

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"His collection of songlines and timelines snarled at him like a screwtaped confession."
"Perhaps, beyond the lands of shadow, it will be exposed as merely a Screwtaped illusion."
"...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"
"In addition, slab riders were not only playing the screwtapes in their decks, they were also rapping on them."
"It's something that they have taken from the Screwtapes. The influence is just that great."
"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"."

In reference to the C. S. Lewis book The Screwtape Letters (1942), about an inexperienced demon sent to tempt a man to sin, from screw + tape.

screwtapes (present, singular) screwtaping (participle, present) screwtaped (participle, past) screwtaped (past) screwtapes (plural)