1) A phrase used by idiots for any type of scam.
2) A specific type of scam. The operator (often from nigeria) of the scam promises "investors" that their money will be doubled in a certain number of days. The operator depends on the money provided by later investors to pay off his obligations to the earlier investors. This turns out splendidly for the early investors (assuming that it takes off), but later investors get the short end of the stick, as no more people are enrolling. At this point, the operator usually takes the money he has left and runs. This generally sucks for the later investors. Not that I care, because you have to be a total dumbass to enroll in a ponzi scheme anyhow.
2) A specific type of scam. The operator (often from nigeria) of the scam promises "investors" that their money will be doubled in a certain number of days. The operator depends on the money provided by later investors to pay off his obligations to the earlier investors. This turns out splendidly for the early investors (assuming that it takes off), but later investors get the short end of the stick, as no more people are enrolling. At this point, the operator usually takes the money he has left and runs. This generally sucks for the later investors. Not that I care, because you have to be a total dumbass to enroll in a ponzi scheme anyhow.
1) Bill: these people are trying to make me think I can get a free iPod for answering a survey. Looks like a ponzi scheme to me.
Me: Bill, you dumbass. That's not a ponzi scheme.
2) Just great. I just got another one of those get-rich-quick spams. I'm amazed that anyone buys into ponzi schemes.
Me: Bill, you dumbass. That's not a ponzi scheme.
2) Just great. I just got another one of those get-rich-quick spams. I'm amazed that anyone buys into ponzi schemes.
by gmx December 16, 2004
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Having pulled off one of the most blatant and uninterrupted criminal financial schemes ever, the Ponzi President continues to maneuver to keep his tax returns hidden so he can maintain his increasingly flimsy costume of success.
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Pat: Aw man, I totally hooked with that girl last night after her I bought that beer for her.
Kevin: Pat, you turd. You charged that beer to my tab. I thought I told you to stop with the ponzi beers.
Kevin: Pat, you turd. You charged that beer to my tab. I thought I told you to stop with the ponzi beers.
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Get the Ponzi-style mug.To trick someone who into having sex by getting them to be think the connection is something other than what it really is. Also called "deceptive rape", "rape by fraud", and " the 'consent & regret' game".
He Ponzi raped her for weeks by creating an illusion of love and closeness, and then dumped her without a care when he was bored with the sex. She was devastated and confused, trying to figure out what went wrong.
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