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grift shift 

This occurs when some poor asshole attempts to grift you
and you know...you just know. So you decide to play along, then after a while you decide to BS them, and when they do their grift, you take off with their cash, your cash, their girlfriend, and their car.
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Guy:Want to play some russian roulette?

Guy#2: sure, how many bullets in the gun?

Guy:ummm...1 *loads 6 into all chambers*

Guy#2:okay, how much money to the winner?

Guy: hundred bucks, you first *hands gun over*

Guy#2: *shifts out bullet before firing gun* dude, your turn.

Guy:Shit...He did a grift shift...*BANG*
grift shift by IKilledTheParty February 22, 2010
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Grift-Graft

When elected officials use their positions to enrich themselves and family members illegally while providing contracts and favors for donations to their Election campaigns and political action committees.
Grift-Graft: The president and his family have accepted gifts from foreign countries, which may contravene the emoluments clause, issued cryptocurrency for financial gain, and granted pardons to relatives of individuals who have donated to his re-election Political Action Committee.
Grift-Graft by AZ Nero March 31, 2026

The Grift is Real

The beautiful pureness of extracting as much money as possible from otherwise delusional cult-like followers on the basis of completely false premise and intentional deception.
Of course a charismatic and criminal NY Real Estate turned Reality Show host could create a massively powerful, revenue generating political corruption machine. Welcome to the evolution of groupthink, mind-fuck, ‘I want to believe’ divisive human behavior manipulation: The Grift is Real.
The Grift is Real by YAWA September 9, 2023

Tokyo Grift 

A Tokyo Grift is a sexual act performed between two females. One partner defecates inside the other partners vagina, after which they proceed to scissor and push the excrament back and forth in a fashion similar to a double-sided dildo.
Chastity and Sarah are nasty dude, I heard they performed a Tokyo Grift last night.
Tokyo Grift by C1PH3R8472 November 15, 2019

Continental Grift 

When a grift, scam, or con moves across continents.
I saw a financial scam in the US, but when I saw it again in Europe, it was continental grift.
Continental Grift by marketdoctor January 17, 2024

gifted kid burnout 

when children who were once considered the "gifted" or "smart" kids in class grow up to underperform academically and (likely) socially. the kid who actually liked doing homework and got all A's when they were nine but by sixteen aren't doing well in school and often feel crushing disappointment at the loss of approval teachers and parents once gave them. often have problems socializing, have poor mental health, and resort to drinking/drugs/other forms of escapism. usually really smart, but still do poorly/average in school.
amanda: didn't you used to get straight A's? what happened?

angela: i started underperforming and because my entire self-esteem rested on my grades so now i have no idea what to do lol anyway now i'm a gifted kid burnout