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Re:The History of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” Album Art by bjornsteffanson on Saturday May 18, 2013 @10:22AM (#5728977)
Can you define 'shiesty'? Not having a go, just haven't heard that word before, and searching returns conflicting results.
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Re:The History of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” Album Art by michaelwww on Sunday May 19, 2013 @11:15AM (#5733053)
The top Google links didn't mention Shakespeare's Shylock, which I always understood to be the origin. It turns out there is some disagreement between this origin and a German word.

http://observer.com/2003/04/national-review-and-shyster-heav...

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Re:The History of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” Album Art by kens on Saturday May 18, 2013 @11:38AM (#5729258)
I think that's an adjective form of shyster, someone who is unethical, especially a lawyer.
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Re:The History of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” Album Art by laumars on Saturday May 18, 2013 @11:32AM (#5729243)
I was stumped on that term myself, but it certainly doesn't sound endearing. It felt dishonest to rip the last line from the passage though - as if I was trying to misquote him. So I left his comment in it's entirety.
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Re:The History of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” Album Art by dfc on Saturday May 18, 2013 @01:48PM (#5729692)
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=shiesty
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