Ma'anar ƙamus na "fencesitter" shine mutumin da ya kasance mai tsaka tsaki ko rashin yanke shawara a cikin jayayya ko jayayya, kuma ba ya bin wani bangare. Mai shingen shinge kuma yana iya komawa ga wanda baya son yin wani aiki ko matsayi, a maimakon haka yayi ƙoƙarin gujewa yanke shawara gaba ɗaya. Gabaɗaya, kalmar "mai shingen shinge" tana da ma'ana mara kyau, wanda ke nuna rashin amincewa ko jajircewa wajen tsayawa tsayin daka.