cute hoorism en · NOUN
Etymology
From cute hoor + -ism.
Meanings
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(Ireland, uncountable) Cunning, trickery, cleverness, especially in negative sense: finagling, cynical self-interest.
Some of the articles in this volume point to a culture of individusalism and ‘cute hoorism’ – where people try to get the political system to work for their own individual desires rather than for broad policy changes.
2007, McGrath & O'Malley, Irish Political Studies Reader, page 7:On a positive note, the Rechthaberei culture has bred a society of remarkable, dogged fairness – the opposite of cute hoorism.
2010 August 21, Irish Times: