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switcheroo colloq. (chiefly U.S.).|swɪtʃəˈruː|
[f. switch n. + -eroo.]
= switch n. 8 a, c; a change of position or an exchange, esp. one intended to surprise or deceive; a reversal or turn-about; spec. an unexpected change or ‘twist’ in a story. Also attrib., reversible, reversed.
1933Forum Dec. 372/2 We'll pull a switcheroo. We'll use olives instead [of cherries]. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iv. 81 All you gotta do to that story is to give it the switcheroo. Instead of the minister you got a young dame missionary, see. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 22 Sept. 7 (Advt.), Girls' ‘switcheroo’ jacket. One side's red or green corduroy and..the other side's a gay..wool plaid. 1953C. M. Kornbluth Syndic v. 52 Two strapping girls..began to tear his clothes off, laughing at their switcheroo on the year's big gag. 1961N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 May 6/3 In Chapter X, then, with a neat whodunit switcheroo, Radin puts the finger on that most obvious suspect who, it appears, was cleared in too much haste. 1970‘A. Gilbert’ Death wears Mask vi. 102, I ought to have suggested it was a switcheroo. You know—criminal makes the discovery and informs the police. 1980Fortune (Chicago) 7 Apr. 44/3 The arbitrator..turned out to be Daniel Collins,..who had upheld Equity in the 1976 row... Collins this time came down on the side of management. It was one of those great switcheroo endings. |