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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--Buggin's turn This week's theme: Whose what? Buggin's turn (BUG-inz turn) noun Assignment to a position based on seniority or rotation, instead of merit. Also Buggins's turn. [The identity of this original Buggin(s) fellow is, unfortunately, lost in the mist of history.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "In the [Jamaica Constabulary Force], the law of Buggin's turn is firmly entrenched. Quality is secondary to seniority and cronyism." John Maxwell; Justice Not Blind, But Dumb; Jamaica Observer (Kingston, Jamaica); Jan 8, 2006. X-Bonus Eminent posts make great men greater, and little men less. -Jean de la Bruyere, essayist and moralist (1645-1696)

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