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Beschreibungen/Notizen
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines sleaze in one contemporary sense as: "political corruption or impropriety; corrupt or scandalous behaviour by public officials", against the background of its more general modern meaning "squalor; sordidness, sleaziness, dilapidation" (OED, s.v. sleaze). The accompanying etymological commentary is based on even earlier usage and calls the word a back formation from the adjective sleazy, which is explained as follows: "of uncertain origin; the evidence seems to be against any original connection with sleazy n. [cloth from Silesia]. The modern dialect verb sleaze v., wear badly, may be merely a back-formation from the adjective."