An instaguru is an instant-guru, someone who lacks the expertise to succeed in a given profession, so instead they give the appearance of success through social media (including Instagram) and build a career in coaching and training others to succeed in the field they could never succeed in.
It's a bit like instamash, but with instamash potato you just need to add hot water, and with an instaguru you just need hot air.
It sounds off because it is. Their victims end up paying for courses that send them in all the wrong directions, because, after all, it's a bit hard to teach someone how to do something you can't do yourself. They are also known for engaging in other dubious behaviour, such as dodging taxes, helping themselves to any funds they acquire access to, or paying 'colleagues' late or not at all when outsourcing.
Instagurus have been known to exhibit multiple narcissistic traits in many cases, appearing to convince themselves and the world they are doing good until they eventually get too greedy and risk exposure. They will exhibit narcissistic rage and in many cases seek to actively discredit and destroy anyone who tries to lift the lid on their scam or expose their incompetence.
Instagurus are rampant in a number of industries, particularly freelance professions, including online marketing, copywriting, translation, and design.
It's a bit like instamash, but with instamash potato you just need to add hot water, and with an instaguru you just need hot air.
It sounds off because it is. Their victims end up paying for courses that send them in all the wrong directions, because, after all, it's a bit hard to teach someone how to do something you can't do yourself. They are also known for engaging in other dubious behaviour, such as dodging taxes, helping themselves to any funds they acquire access to, or paying 'colleagues' late or not at all when outsourcing.
Instagurus have been known to exhibit multiple narcissistic traits in many cases, appearing to convince themselves and the world they are doing good until they eventually get too greedy and risk exposure. They will exhibit narcissistic rage and in many cases seek to actively discredit and destroy anyone who tries to lift the lid on their scam or expose their incompetence.
Instagurus are rampant in a number of industries, particularly freelance professions, including online marketing, copywriting, translation, and design.
"I can't stand instagurus. I wish they'd work on their skills before ripping off their peers!"
"Just saw Jonnie is offering a course on how to win direct clients, except he's yet to win any himself - what an instaguru."
"There are so many instagurus out there, ripping off newbies. Talentless vampires."
"Just saw Jonnie is offering a course on how to win direct clients, except he's yet to win any himself - what an instaguru."
"There are so many instagurus out there, ripping off newbies. Talentless vampires."
by absolutelydiabolical November 01, 2017
Germglish is what native speakers of English (e.g. an expat) who spend too much time in a German-speaking country without looking after their English end up speaking and writing. They start speaking and writing in a way that's strongly influenced by German.
Alternatively, this can also be used to describe how some learners of English who are native in German sound when they speak or write in English.
For example, they might use words that sound like a German word in the wrong context (so they might say they have the "actual" version of something rather than the "current" version, because the German word for current, "aktuell", sounds like actual).
They also use more Germanic syntax and grammar, with funny hyphenation, comma usage, and weird plurals. See below:
"Germglish is an affliction that starts slowly. Unusual word selection is usually the first symptom. Uncomfortable syntax, might be seen next. German-oriented language is also already fundamental within the framework of this illness, as are those additional words. By this stage, the hyphenation-problem is usually getting much more serious. These people may still have very-useful informations to share, but by this stage it is hard to follow the thread already, because their mother language word order is so destroyed by German-oriented-grammar by now."
Alternatively, this can also be used to describe how some learners of English who are native in German sound when they speak or write in English.
For example, they might use words that sound like a German word in the wrong context (so they might say they have the "actual" version of something rather than the "current" version, because the German word for current, "aktuell", sounds like actual).
They also use more Germanic syntax and grammar, with funny hyphenation, comma usage, and weird plurals. See below:
"Germglish is an affliction that starts slowly. Unusual word selection is usually the first symptom. Uncomfortable syntax, might be seen next. German-oriented language is also already fundamental within the framework of this illness, as are those additional words. By this stage, the hyphenation-problem is usually getting much more serious. These people may still have very-useful informations to share, but by this stage it is hard to follow the thread already, because their mother language word order is so destroyed by German-oriented-grammar by now."
"I have no idea what that means. It's total Germglish."
"That woman might be American on paper, but she spent most of her life in Germany. She opens her mouth and it's just pure Germglish."
"I really need to visit home more often - I just seem to be writing Germglish lately."
"That woman might be American on paper, but she spent most of her life in Germany. She opens her mouth and it's just pure Germglish."
"I really need to visit home more often - I just seem to be writing Germglish lately."
by absolutelydiabolical November 01, 2017
Germglish is what native speakers of English (e.g. an expat) who spend too much time in a German-speaking country without looking after their English end up speaking and writing. They start speaking and writing in a way that's strongly influenced by German.
Alternatively, this can also be used to describe how some learners of English who are native in German sound when they speak or write in English.
For example, they might use words that sound like a German word in the wrong context (so they might say they have the "actual" version of something rather than the "current" version, because the German word for current, "aktuell", sounds like actual).
They also use more Germanic syntax and grammar, with funny hyphenation, comma usage, and weird plurals. See below:
"Germglish is an affliction that starts slowly. Unusual word selection is usually the first symptom. Uncomfortable syntax, might be seen next. German-oriented language is also already fundamental within the framework of this illness, as are those additional words. By this stage, the hyphenation-problem is usually getting much more serious. These people may still have very-useful informations to share, but by this stage it is hard to follow the thread already, because their mother language word order is so destroyed by German-oriented-grammar by now."
Alternatively, this can also be used to describe how some learners of English who are native in German sound when they speak or write in English.
For example, they might use words that sound like a German word in the wrong context (so they might say they have the "actual" version of something rather than the "current" version, because the German word for current, "aktuell", sounds like actual).
They also use more Germanic syntax and grammar, with funny hyphenation, comma usage, and weird plurals. See below:
"Germglish is an affliction that starts slowly. Unusual word selection is usually the first symptom. Uncomfortable syntax, might be seen next. German-oriented language is also already fundamental within the framework of this illness, as are those additional words. By this stage, the hyphenation-problem is usually getting much more serious. These people may still have very-useful informations to share, but by this stage it is hard to follow the thread already, because their mother language word order is so destroyed by German-oriented-grammar by now."
"I have no idea what that means. It's total Germglish."
"That woman might be American on paper, but she spent most of her life in Germany. She opens her mouth and it's just pure Germglish."
"I really need to visit home more often - I just seem to be writing Germglish lately."
"That woman might be American on paper, but she spent most of her life in Germany. She opens her mouth and it's just pure Germglish."
"I really need to visit home more often - I just seem to be writing Germglish lately."
by absolutelydiabolical November 01, 2017