_shoddy_ > "shotty"; _shotty_ > "shoddy"

[Laurence Horn]

On Oct 4, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> "Sounds like a loser with _shotty morals_."
>
> "I am VERY scared from (i.e. as a result of) Aspen Dental's _Shotty
> Work_ - HELP!"
>
> "Why are guys so _shotty_ with girls?"
>
> "The morals of these guys are shotty."

Influence from "shitty" and/or "snotty"?
>
> It turns out that _shotty_ is a technical term in medicine that
> describes the feel of lymph nodes, whence
>
> "_shoddy_ lymphadenopathy"
>
justifying shoddy treatment, no doubt

LH

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