Meaning of Bunburying | Babel Free

Definitions

Avoiding one's duties and responsibilities by claiming to have appointments to see a fictitious person.

humorous, uncountable

Examples

“Besides, now that I know⟳ you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want⟳ to talk⟳ to you about Bunburying. I want⟳ to tell⟳ you the rules.”

“This financial "Bunburying" solves the problem of how to let⟳ banking organizations make⟳ high yield⟳ investments in order⟳ to improve⟳ overall earnings without risking the kind of public opposition, and loss of public confidence in banks, that took place⟳ in the 1930s [...]”

“Alison frequently went Bunburying in London although she called it Networking. As far as Nick could make⟳ out it consisted of having long, boozy lunches with other businesswomen.”

“James and Louise Forsyth owned a country house "older than Shakespeare's" in Haywards Heath, Sussex; there Owen spent three days stroking the pet sheep and admiring the view⟳, Bunburying at its best.”

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