Someone, or some entity, which will come in during the aftermath of Covid restrictions which destroyed economic activity and killed many small businesses, which will buy up those businesses for significant discounts once restrictions are removed and economic activity is allowed again in that sector. Many of these entities will have political connections and will have helped institute these restrictions in the first place.
That corporation was a Covid Carpetbagger for that local restaurant chain, that family lost their entire livelihood.
by The Jamez October 29, 2020
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by NotYourMommasKitty April 27, 2009
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Sam: "Why did you divorce your husband? I thought he had a gaming PC like you."
Emily: "It's because he's a virtual carpetbagger and won't shut up about blockchains and NFTs"
Emily: "It's because he's a virtual carpetbagger and won't shut up about blockchains and NFTs"
by EGStein December 17, 2021
Get the Virtual Carpetbagger mug.In the post-US Civil War South, carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved to the South to take advantage of the unstable social, financial, and political climate. They were called "carpetbaggers" to imply that they were such poor, transient characters that they merely moved south carrying all their possessions in a carpet-bag. A carpet-bag, by the way, isn't a bag for carrying carpet, but a soft-sided suitcase or satchel made out of carpet.
Today, the phrase refers to someone who moves to a new location for opportunistic reasons.
Today, the phrase refers to someone who moves to a new location for opportunistic reasons.
by ScottRusty June 29, 2005
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This New York carpetblogger was bragging about how he and his peeps are going to come down to New Orleans and tell the true story of Katrina, what a douche.
by Dambala December 17, 2009
Get the carpetblogger mug.During reconstruction after the civil war in the southern U.S. there were notherners who came down who were called scallywags and carpet baggers. The word scallywag meant troublemaker and carpet-bagger was an allusion to the bags carried by the norther buisness men who came just to profit. The use of both of these terms was in effect of any person seen as one of these type of people, regardless of race.
I learned about people who former confederate supporters reffered to as scallywags and carpet-baggers in My U.S. history class in 11th grade when the unit vocabulary was being discussed.
by Light Joker June 14, 2004
Get the scallywag/carpet-bagger mug.Oh, let's see, the same brokers, "risk" experts, and investment whizzes who got us into this mess to begin with. For example, Tarpetbaggers would include bond fund heads who offer to value illiquid products when they stand to profit from it.
by Ilona Ross January 13, 2009
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