Currying

And, perhaps more important, he is uninterested in currying favor with those in power. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

You see, the Washington Post is more interested in currying favor with the Bush administration ever since Katherine Graham died. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Poincare has certainly no interest in currying the favor of these quixotic upholders of a forlorn hope. ❋ Unknown (1923)

The fact that he’s a thoroughly corrupt (or at least incredibly blind) corporate tool more interested in currying favour with power brokers in the West than with his former allies in the Northern Alliance isn’t helping matters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You have to go back exactly two hundred years to Dolley Madison to find the First Lady who opened the doors to the White House once a week, midweek, with the idea of currying favor with members of the anti-Madison Federalist Party. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He'd be getting under our feet all the time, or else opening the doors to the Caesars, with the idea of currying favor with them. ❋ Albert Payson Terhune (1907)

This is called currying and it is a much used mechanism in functional languages. ❋ OPerttilä (2010)

Thanks to a technique called currying, however, we can express functions with infinite numbers of arguments. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Perhaps it's just a difference in comfort level (since I've used Perl a lot longer than I've used Haskell), but, to me, the concept of 'currying' (and, by loose analogy, therefore ❋ Unknown (2010)

The term 'currying' is perhaps a better known term for describing this although as I understand they are not exactly the same. val it: (('a - > 'b) - > (' b - > 'c) - > 'a - > ❋ Unknown (2009)

The kind of soft diplomacy the president has engaged in can go a long way in currying favor from allies when their support is needed on tough issues. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sometimes those payouts are ill-gotten, and a way of siphoning profit into non-measurable ways, and sometimes it's just a way of currying favor. ❋ Tom Doctoroff (2011)

Now imagine a scandal that involved illegal activity and included Fox News either currying favor with or outright exploiting its allies or former paid employees in politics. ❋ Chez Pazienza (2011)

Johnny has gone out to fight and has apparently distinguished himself, currying messages between commanders through dangerous waters, messages no one else was reckless enough to deliver. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

It wasn't the Head in the Sand Act, but when President Bush signed the Orwellian-named Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, he made it official: the government was less concerned with ensuring future prosperity than currying favor with wealthy campaign donors. ❋ Michelle Chan (2011)

"Vanessa didn't like [the turkey], it tasted dry. But after currying, it tasted like an indian." "[Eating babies] seems wrong. But after currying them, seems right." "In [burnley] they curry everything, because everything there needs currying." ❋ Devourthebaby (2011)

[Hey mate], come here. I wanna show you what [washing powder] we use in Australia? Why? Cos you smell [curry]. ❋ Kam75xx (2019)

[dogg] [lets go] to my [crib] for some curry ❋ Turbanader (2003)

Women: What is [curry]? Man: [Shut the fuck up] [you Bitch]. ❋ DJ Gaurav (2006)

1.) the curry [sure] is [very hot] 2.) [look at that] curry ❋ Night Prawler (2005)

“How good are you at [martial arts]? If I came at you....” *Immediately tackled to [ground]* "Oh, mate, why are you rubbing your hand?" "He absolutely Currie-d me with an arm [twist] and dropped me to the floor!" ❋ KhaleesiofRivia (2021)

[Damn] Currie, [back at it again] with the [Instagram]! ❋ Bean Pole McGraw (2016)

Did you see [curry] last night? [Boy] was [lights out] ❋ Agentco (2016)

For dinner, we had lamb that was covered in curry. Today, Natalie was talking about [Nikhil], the curry from our school. There was [a curry] coming off a plane that [departed] from India that I saw while waiting in the airport. ❋ Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. (2009)

[Drunken man] 1: [err] mate we need some curry and fast! Drunken man 2: Aye I agree, [vindaloo]? ❋ Urinal_cake (2005)