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		cortesoft on Sept 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The death of the PCIe expansion card I think the question was more around the use of the word “scroogle”.

CharlesW on Sept 6, 2022 [–]

Yes! From the interesting answers I think "scroogling" was used as a synonym for "screwing" or "gaslighting". I've never seen it used outside of the Microsoft ad campaign, so it's interesting to see it in the wild.

> scroogling

jamiek88 on Sept 6, 2022 | [–]

I think it was a typo for scrooging which is a common enough word for being cheap(USA) / tight (uk).

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