{"id":3005,"date":"2015-07-08T05:01:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T10:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2015-07-06T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T22:39:38","slug":"word-of-the-week-skulduggery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/word-of-the-week-skulduggery\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week: Skulduggery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2834\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Word of the Week\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?w=742&amp;ssl=1 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 300%;\"><strong>Skulduggery<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week has been filled with odd twists of fate, and even some\u00a0<strong><em>skulduggery<\/em><\/strong>. Despite our best efforts, several members of the Hectic Clan have been tricked using nefarious means. Some of the tricks were just good fun, but a couple were out-and-out scams. My parental instincts kicked in on one occasion and I gave the Skuldugger a thorough verbal lashing. I felt a little badly afterwards, since the poor guy didn&#8217;t know what hit him, but I&#8217;ll wager that he&#8217;ll think twice before engaging in such <em><strong>skulduggery<\/strong><\/em> again.<\/p>\n<p>In short,\u00a0<em><strong>skulduggery<\/strong><\/em> is a form of trickery. Now you know!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skulduggery This week has been filled with odd twists of fate, and even some\u00a0skulduggery. Despite our best efforts, several members of the Hectic Clan have been tricked using nefarious means. Some of the tricks were just good fun, but a couple were out-and-out scams. 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