subsoilcourtship

/ˈsʌbsɔɪlˌkɜːtʃɪp/nounVerified New

The campaign of loans, stadiums, and infrastructure through which resource-hungry powers court resource-holding states.

The minerals are wooed before the people are: railways arrive before referendums, and debts mature after the elections. Courtship language — partnership, friendship, win-win — sits atop invoices.

Etym. — subsoil + courtship: geology as a dowry.

Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-08

review evidence: wordstoreview/review-batch-3-02-nations.md

Evidence log

No query log recorded.

Method: Editorial batch review — per-word exact-form web search (WebSearch/Tavily) per docs/REVIEW-criteria.md §2