shonkiness
n.— «Whether they be mortgage brokers, insurance advisers, financial planners or sharebrokers, there is an assumption of shonkiness dressed up in official parlance.» —“Taskforce tackles advisers” by Rob Stock Stuff (New Zealand) Nov. 14, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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