Downstrike's definitions

Dodge

What one of you needs to get out of if there ain't room for the two of you there.

Get out of Dodge. There ain't room here for the both of us.

by Downstrike May 27, 2004

Tuesday

The day of the week when most people live their entire lives.

You can tell when you're in traffic that most of the people in front of you have no destination where they want to arrive before next Tuesday.

by Downstrike October 17, 2004

Humbug

What you get if you cross a Hummer with a VW.

What's that he's driving?

Bah! A Humbug!

by Downstrike November 3, 2006

c2c

Consumer to Consumer. See also, b2b and b2c.

c2c means conducting business between consumers instead of with a business.

Yard sales and eBay auctions are examples of c2c.

by Downstrike June 7, 2004

911

1. A number you dial when there is an emergency, or if you are a duh-weeb, when you want to ask a question or report something that happened last week.

2. A Porche.

3. A frequent misspelling of 9/11, which stands for September 11, 2001.

If someone just now stole your 911 (2), by all means call 911 (1), but if it went missing during 9/11, (correct spelling of 3), go stand in line like everybody else.

by Downstrike November 11, 2004

pyramid scheme

A fraudulent business model, illegal in most places, in which participants are paid to recruit more participants, rather than commissions on sales.

Frequently passed off as Multi-Level Marketing by incorporating sales of an unmarketable product or service into the scheme. In such cases, participants are usually required to maintain a monthly purchase quota to qualify for payments.

Pyramid schemes market to prospective participants while Multi-Level Marketing plans market to prospective consumers. Pyramid schemes fail because scam participants are not a viable market. Most of the participants pay more money to participate than they receive for participating because there aren't enough suckers left to recruit.

Once the suckers figure that out and quit paying into the scheme, those who recruited them start losing money too, and then they quit. The scam shrivels even faster than it grew.

by Downstrike September 9, 2004

sir

What you should respond to when people call you by it, so they don't call you Hey You next.

You can't go in there, sir.

Sir!

Hey You!!

by Downstrike October 30, 2004