pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking

Well, that ‘ud be imposing, too, on Tellson’s. For you cannot sarse the goose and not the gander.

Beg your pardon, Sir, but this here officer o' yourn in the gambooge tops, 'ull never earn a decent livin' as a master o' the ceremonies any vere.

The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative.