1)A confidence man/woman. The term was used by professional con artists in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe people in their profession. The Grifters, a 1963 noir fiction novel by Jim Thompson, portrayed a family of grifters who are all emotionally managed. . The characters describe being "on the grift" the way someone else might describe drinking and drugs. "I can stop any time I want," says Roy to his mother. .
2) (modern) A sell out in the political opinion world. This noun is increasingly used by progressives (and some conservatives) to describe people such as Candace Owens and other opinion makers whose conservatism is seen as facile and inorganic, born mostly out of of a need for corporate funding than actual convictions.
2) (modern) A sell out in the political opinion world. This noun is increasingly used by progressives (and some conservatives) to describe people such as Candace Owens and other opinion makers whose conservatism is seen as facile and inorganic, born mostly out of of a need for corporate funding than actual convictions.
1.) “As for working with a partner, he didn’t like that either. It cut the score right down the middle. It put an apple on your head, and handed the other guy a shotgun. Because grifters, it seemed, suffered an irresistible urge to beat their colleagues. There was little glory in whipping a fool—hell, fools were made to be whipped. But to take a professional, even if it cost you in the long run, ah, that was something to polish your pride.”
― Jim Thompson, The Grifters, 1963
2) "He used to be an original voice, but after meeting the Koch Brothers, the radio host underwent a personality change. Instead of nuanced analysis, he repeated well-worn right-wing talking points, causing his colleagues to suspect he had been corrupted into being a grifter.
― Jim Thompson, The Grifters, 1963
2) "He used to be an original voice, but after meeting the Koch Brothers, the radio host underwent a personality change. Instead of nuanced analysis, he repeated well-worn right-wing talking points, causing his colleagues to suspect he had been corrupted into being a grifter.
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Get the grifter mug.A final tangible reminder of a person for a period of time, delivered to the person leaving (or being left behind) by the first.
"With a huff, she left the room, tipping over the banana tree plant, spilling all of the wet coffee inside all over the floor, a final parting gift for her former girlfriend Stacy."
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It's Roman slang: "Noli equi dentes inspicere donati". For example, you can find it in St. Jerome's Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians, written in the 5th century.
You look in a horse's mouth to determine its age and/or health. So if someone gives you a horse, and you look in it's mouth, it's like looking for a price tag. It's rude!
You look in a horse's mouth to determine its age and/or health. So if someone gives you a horse, and you look in it's mouth, it's like looking for a price tag. It's rude!
Lucius: I bought you this tunic in Thebes for your birthday.
Quintus: Thanks dude. Hey, look, the seam has really cheap thread.
Lucius: Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
Quintus: Wha?
Lucius: It's Latin. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Quintus. Oh yah, right. Mea culpa.
Quintus: Thanks dude. Hey, look, the seam has really cheap thread.
Lucius: Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
Quintus: Wha?
Lucius: It's Latin. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Quintus. Oh yah, right. Mea culpa.
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Get the Hobo gifting mug.Being vertical gifted means that everyone shorter than you will look up to you (especially if you’re between 6’2 - 6’6), like the god that you are, just to embrace your uniqueness.
All the girls want them, all the guys want to be them. Anything taller than that makes you a unique freak of nature.
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All the girls want them, all the guys want to be them. Anything taller than that makes you a unique freak of nature.
*This definition was created by the 6’5 feet gang*
Sam: I hate being short sometimes
Jon: Can’t related! I’m glad that I’m vertical gifted! I was send from the heavens.
Sam: … stfu
Jon: Can’t related! I’m glad that I’m vertical gifted! I was send from the heavens.
Sam: … stfu
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Get the vertical gifted mug.The act of giving a condom to your friend as a gift and then using the same condom to have sex with his or her roommate the same night.
The condom can also be substituted with alcohol or any other tangible item but must be used without the person the gift was bought for and used the same night the gift was given.
The condom can also be substituted with alcohol or any other tangible item but must be used without the person the gift was bought for and used the same night the gift was given.
Girl 1: Happy birthday! (hands Boy 1 a condom)
Boy 1: Haha. Thanks. Always need these right.
4 hours later
Boy 1: Hey Roommate 1. Have you seen that condom Girl 1 gave me tonight?
Roommate 1: Oh, you mean the one you got for your birthday?
Boy 1: Yeah
Roommate 1: Oh...(rubbing back of head)...yeah...I definitely used that tonight when I was having sex with Girl 1.
Boy 1: (Blank stare) Talk about a Trojan Indian Gift.
Boy 1: Haha. Thanks. Always need these right.
4 hours later
Boy 1: Hey Roommate 1. Have you seen that condom Girl 1 gave me tonight?
Roommate 1: Oh, you mean the one you got for your birthday?
Boy 1: Yeah
Roommate 1: Oh...(rubbing back of head)...yeah...I definitely used that tonight when I was having sex with Girl 1.
Boy 1: (Blank stare) Talk about a Trojan Indian Gift.
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