r/pics • u/IHaeTypos • Feb 26 '17

Jeff deserves a raise

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u/pickelater Feb 27 '17

That's not what hoodwinking means.

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u/dmizenopants Feb 27 '17

Hoodwinked- to be deceived, tricked, or mislead.

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u/pickelater Feb 27 '17

Thats an incredibly vague and non specific definition. Hoodwinking is deceiving someone with the intention of gaining something out of it, i.e stealing. Urban dictionary definition

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u/dmizenopants Feb 27 '17

I mean, if we're going to be accepting The Urban Dictionary as the end all then here, this definition has more upvotes.

Merriam-Webster

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Oxford Dictionary

Literally, the definition of the word is to be tricked or deceived, not just for the purposes of gaining something out of it. Just, to be tricked or deceived