Timeline for A word for "negligence of duty or responsibility"
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| Jun 3, 2015 at 15:14 | comment | added | ExOttoyuhr | @Tushar Raj: Thanks for clarifying. I didn't have enough context to be sure one way or the other. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 15:08 | comment | added | Tushar Raj | @ExOttoyuhr: I know. I was kidding. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 15:07 | comment | added | ExOttoyuhr | @Tushar Raj: "North American" means "the continent of North America" -- in this context, "English-speaking North America," the US and Canada. | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 14:58 | comment | added | Tushar Raj | @ExOttoyuhr: The entry does say chiefly North American :) | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 14:57 | history | edited | Tushar Raj | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 28, 2015 at 19:29 | comment | added | ExOttoyuhr | I've always thought that "a derelict" is a ship that was abandoned and unseaworthy, or that lost its crew in some misfortune at sea. If it was used of a person, I'd be taken by surprise, but my mental image would be of someone dying of drink (which is also what WhatRoughBeast said). And I'm from the US South, so I'm not sure that "derelict" to mean "a negligent person" is an Americanism... | |
| May 28, 2015 at 16:26 | comment | added | WhatRoughBeast | Also used to describe very poor, barely functional bums. Also N. America. | |
| May 28, 2015 at 11:18 | history | edited | Tushar Raj | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 13, 2015 at 14:36 | comment | added | tom | For me derelict is an adjective to describe an empty disused building that may be in bad repair - hence the comment that derelict is chiefly N. America... | |
| Apr 13, 2015 at 14:24 | history | answered | Tushar Raj | CC BY-SA 3.0 |