Phract

A phract is an action named after a group of people. To gyp or jew, is to cheat someone out of what is rightfully theirs - applied to two ethnic minorities in Europe. Similarly, Indian giving is used in the North American sporedom to refer to the Natives' original acquiescence to sharing and subsequent retraction of agreement. An Irish goodbye is a rude, unsentimental goodbye with no words spoken, simply leaving. To Welsh on someone is to not pay them back what they are due.