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A plan smart enough to work and sneaky enough to need a cover story.
means A plan or arrangement for doing something, often one with a hint of calculation or self-interest behind it.
from From Greek 'skhēma,' meaning shape or figure — the same root behind 'scheme' in geometry and rhetoric, where it meant a form or outline of a figure. It passed through Latin 'schema' into English meaning simply a plan or diagram. The shift toward slyness came later, as 'scheming' narrowed from neutral planning to the kind of plan you'd rather not explain out loud.
- etymology
- from Greek skhēma, meaning shape or figure
- programming version
- a Lisp dialect, elegant and parenthesis-obsessed
- color scheme
- same word, zero scandal, just matching curtains
- british usage
- often means government plan, not villainy