Witrynafinagle. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fi‧na‧gle /fəˈneɪɡəl/ verb [ transitive] American English informal to obtain something that is difficult to get by … Witrynafinagle (v.) 1926, American English, possibly a variant of English dialectal fainaigue " to cheat or renege" (at cards), of unknown origin. Liberman says finagle is from figgle, phonetic variant of fiddle " fidget about," frequentative of fig. Related: Finagled; finagling.

finagle - Oxford Advanced Learner

WitrynaIn these stories the phrase is Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives. The spirit of the law. Everything that can happen, happens. Regardless of the exact composition and origin of the phrase, its spirit embodies the principle of defensive design: anticipating the mistakes the end user is likely to make. Murphy's G-force sensors failed because ... Witryna1 : to obtain (something) by indirect or involved means finagle a ride home 2 : to obtain (something) by trickery He finagled his way into the concert. intransitive verb : to use … incompatibility\u0027s ly

finagle - Wiktionary

WitrynaThe term is commonly used in the United Kingdom, though in North America, the phrase "Murphy's law" is more popular. [1] The phrase seems to derive, at least in part, from the colloquialism an "unlucky sod "; a term for someone who has had some bad (unlucky) experience, and is usually used as a sympathetic reference to the person. [2] WitrynaFinagle implements uniform client and server APIs for several protocols, and is designed for high performance and concurrency. Most of Finagle’s code is protocol agnostic, simplifying the implementation of new protocols. Finagle uses a clean, simple, and safe concurrent programming model, based on Futures. This leads to safe and modular ... WitrynaThe term probably had its origin in England. The English Dialect Dictionary lists the words fainaigue and feneague - meaning 'to cheat'. The first example I have of … inchinnan gb