I don't mean "stingy," stinginess, as do British novelists, by the way.
"Geiz ist geil" (stinginess is cool) has caught on ever since the electronics chain Saturn started saying it 10 years ago.
And in any case, the point of the Tory poster wasn't so much Scottish stinginess as Scotland's thirst for public spending – subsidised, in this view, by the English taxpayer.
Given America's general stinginess when it comes to foreign aid, their concern is understandable.Mr Bush was right to point out that alleviating poverty takes more than aid aloneMore broadly, the academic research on the effectiveness of aid suggests that the emphasis should be on choosing the right countries and programmes, rather than on quantity.
Long accused of wrecking small-town America and condemned for the stinginess of its pay, the company has lately come under fire for its meanness over employees' health-care benefits.
It hopes to build on the momentum of Doha.Yet, despite the call for an extra $50 billion in aid, there seems little chance of action, largely because of American stinginess.
Mr Rashid highlights what many Pakistanis consider to be a new curse to add to the litany: what they see as the stinginess of the outside world in response to their plight.
His own party members now blame his stinginess for keeping the economy sluggish.Mr Koizumi has also promised more attacks on government subsidies.
African stinginess, sighs Mr Ping, "does not do honour to the African cause".The AU's credibility was hurt when Mr Qaddafi was elected chairman for 2009.
But such stinginess has led to a 19.8% fall in imports since last year.
In 2008 the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from three Paralympians who had sued the United States Olympic Committee for stinginess towards disabled sport.
