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GAFFLE

To rip someone off,To get someones money by deceit.To scam someone for thier money by creating a ploy.To get over on a person or persons.
Its an old slang term used in the early part of the 20th century.Depicted in the movie "The Sting".
It was picked up again in the Bay Area in the 1980's(mainly Oakland I believe)
The 3 con artists got together to figure out a way to gaffle the tourists at Jack London square of thier money.
"How about 3 card monty one of them says to the others"?"Yea" another agrees,"these suckers will fall for anything". It should be easy to gaffle these fools the 3rd says.
by Jungle June 18, 2006
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gaffelighting

An attempt to gaslight voters into believing that a babbling dementia patient just has a little stutter
When the media tells you that Dementia Joe just has a little case of the gaffes, they’re gaffelighting you
by Goofball2020 March 15, 2020
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gaffle pirately

v. to steal something or rip someone off as if you were a pirate.
my friends dragged me to some fuckstick's house so i entertained myself by gaffling his CD collection pirately.

i wish i were reading the newspaper right now but it was gaffled pirately off of the lawn.

i thought i was buying acid but got gaffled pirately. it was fuckin fake.

im gonna gaffle pirately this shirt from the store.
by Amy Christ December 20, 2007
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Gayfold

The most revolutionary rapper of the century, solos all the other rapers and they are shitty. No rappers can compare.
Gayfold very hard
by godly. October 28, 2021
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gaffle

v. - to steal
by Jay-byrd July 23, 2003
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gaffot

A way to celebrate your homosexual friends and the homosexual identity.
Tom: "Yo Chad are you going to the pride parade?"
Chad: "Hell yeah bro how else would I bond with my gaffot homies?"
Tom: "Preach bro"
by lil bag November 7, 2018
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Gafollow

One who laughs or over compliments online posts such as twitter in order to gain favor or return "follows". Also one who "Guffaws" at everything others post to gain favor and gain a return follow.
Jan: I get so much attention on Twitter... I'm following this person who is so funny, articulate and popular, plus he loves my hiaku Tweets! I have a great time in our exchanges! Not to mention I'm up to 400 followers myself now.

Carol: Oh my God, you're such a gafollower.
by Tsarith April 22, 2009
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