Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sleazy condition, quality, or appearance.
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- noun uncountable low moral standards
- noun countable a person with low moral standards
- noun countable (the commonest instance of the above) a man who is
sexually aggressive orforward with women to the point ofdisgust
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bunning and the rest of the republican sleaze is what was left over …
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Tinseltown (warner Bros) is even importing sleaze from the United Kingdom.
Warner Bros. Bets Big on Russell Brand for Yet another Super-Star Playboy Movie – Collider.com 2010
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"Tory splits", like "Tory sleaze" is a serious BBC news story and will be given headline coverage.
Bob Marshall-Andrews Not a sheep 2008
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Tory sleaze is of interest to the BBC, Labour sleaze shhhhhh
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Tory sleaze is of interest to the BBC, Labour sleaze shhhhhh
The return of Tory Sleaze? Not a sheep 2008
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The BBC coverage of the Speaker Martin sleaze story
Archive 2008-02-01 Not a sheep 2008
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In contrast, Labour sleaze is just not possible and if proved is just inconvenient and any resignation must be accompanied by expressions of regret.
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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"Tory splits", like "Tory sleaze" is a serious BBC news story and will be given headline coverage.
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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As I have said before in the BBC's eyes Tory sleaze is a major story and the person implicated must go.
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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I see that the BBC have mover the Peter Hain sleaze story.
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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One of the first American films released in 1980 was William Friedkin’s Cruising, a key work in the Sleaze Noir cannon.
Neon Slime: The Sleaze Noirs of the 1980s — Crooked Marquee Zach Vasquez 2024
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The recent Blu-ray release of 1982’s Vice Squad, courtesy of boutique home video distributer Scream Factory, gives crime film aficionados the perfect opportunity to finally get wise to one of the most underrated and underseen thrillers of the ’80s, arguably the greatest sleaze noir of all time.
Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of Vice Squad Zach Vasquez 2019
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One of the first American films released in 1980 was William Friedkin’s Cruising, a key work in the Sleaze Noir cannon.
Neon Slime: The Sleaze Noirs of the 1980s — Crooked Marquee Zach Vasquez 2024
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MAXXXINE (2024): I liked it! West's pulpy 80s-LA sleaze noir lets Mia Goth be a fucking star. Heavy giallo and true crime influences are an A+ aesthetic, same for VHS-era designs — but adversely, certain themes never fully incorporate.
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