Neither shall ye allow the passed automobile to around thee go in turn, but by use of road-hoggery and acceleration, strive to maintain thy position. From Wordnik.com. [Appropriate Selections from The Book] Reference
There have been multiple stories in the news in the last few months about schools, libraries, and colleges banning MySpace for reasons of bandwidth-hoggery which in a select few cases could be well-argued or what's being sold as "safety concerns," "behavior issues," or "user protection.". From Wordnik.com. [MySpace Discussion] Reference
Where they aren't, we have podcasting and variations in file size to avoid bandwidth hoggery. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
As a plural, swine can be replaced not only by hogs and pigs but also by the seldom used hoggery, piggery, and porkery. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2] Reference
Never seen such amazing ball-hoggery, and showing off by waiting a couple of turns to have a touchdown, "because he could". From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
At the moment the most extraordinary confusion prevails, and no one can tell whether any particular stratagem will be hailed with applause as a bold and legitimate operation of war or universally condemned as a barefaced piece of bath-hoggery. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920] Reference
The Wall Streeters know the bond market intimately; they don't spend much time thinking about how to improve life for the vast swath of Americans who have suffered the mergers-and-acquisitions, the leveraged-buy-outs, the private equity hoggery, the CDO and. From Wordnik.com. [Crooks and Liars] Reference
It took them ten days and 845 miles of “heroism and road hoggery” to get from John O’Groats to Lands End. From Wordnik.com. [Go March fundraisers! « The Justgiving Blog] Reference
There's a spectrum of ball-hoggery. From Wordnik.com. [Basketbawful] Reference
But naughtiness, with hoggery, not lacks. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
And all their hoggery trample your smooth world. From Wordnik.com. [Aurora Leigh] Reference
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