by perfectly.im.perfect August 10, 2016
Get the syster mug.An Oxfam shyster is someone who tries to get a further discount in a charity shop (which may or may not be a branch of Oxfam) or who attempts to use the shop as a rubbish bin. Typical tactics include yelling, "I want to donate these, thank you!", leaving a large bag of (say) books at the counter and scooting out the door. Closer examination reveals a single layer of halfway good books (or just covers) overlying a mass of unsaleable and often physically unreadable mulch. The shop is left to discard the mulch because the Oxfam shyster couldn't bother their pretty little fat white arse to take the stuff to the dump themselves. Unlike the private citizen, the shop, being a charity, is (at least under Irish/EU law, dunno about America) obliged to pay a heavy charge on recycling, but who cares? As long as the Oxfam shyster gets their narcissistic business over and done with, that's fine with them, they're all right, Jack, and that's all that matters.
Another tactic is demanding a further discount off already rock-bottom prices because they need the money for something else. Food for the kids, petrol to get home, tins of dog or cat food, you name it. This is typically preceded by a pretense that they can't read price tags, and accompanied by an attempt to make it look like butter wouldn't melt in their mouths by saying they don't want the goods for themselves, but for a kid/relative/whatever who might need the info at a difficult time. Listen, love, if you need more money for petrol but can't afford the extra price of a cheeseburger, have you considered cycling?
Oxfam shysters can be of any age or either gender, but they tend to be elderly women more often than not, probably because this is the slice of the demographic best able to pull off the loveably-gaga routine, while at the same time being least likely to get a richly deserved kick in the toothless jawbone from the sort of well-meaning sucker who is likely to be running the shop. Beware the Oxfam shyster.
Another tactic is demanding a further discount off already rock-bottom prices because they need the money for something else. Food for the kids, petrol to get home, tins of dog or cat food, you name it. This is typically preceded by a pretense that they can't read price tags, and accompanied by an attempt to make it look like butter wouldn't melt in their mouths by saying they don't want the goods for themselves, but for a kid/relative/whatever who might need the info at a difficult time. Listen, love, if you need more money for petrol but can't afford the extra price of a cheeseburger, have you considered cycling?
Oxfam shysters can be of any age or either gender, but they tend to be elderly women more often than not, probably because this is the slice of the demographic best able to pull off the loveably-gaga routine, while at the same time being least likely to get a richly deserved kick in the toothless jawbone from the sort of well-meaning sucker who is likely to be running the shop. Beware the Oxfam shyster.
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Get the Shysterism mug.A term used to describe someone who is cheap. Derived from the stereotype that Jews are cheap.
Can be heard used as a derogatory term in the movie "Pretty Persuasion", where Evan Rachel Woods' character insults a Jewish classmate.
"At least my dad's not a money grabbing Jew shyster!
Can be heard used as a derogatory term in the movie "Pretty Persuasion", where Evan Rachel Woods' character insults a Jewish classmate.
"At least my dad's not a money grabbing Jew shyster!
Jack is such a money grabbing jew shyster! He just got that big raise and I make minimum wage but he still refuses to spend $10 to take me to a movie!
by LaLaLane December 13, 2007
Get the money grabbing jew shyster mug.A categorical system used to rank someone on your desire to engage in sex with them. Most commonly ranked between 0 (lowest) and 10 (highest) but can also be categorized by celebrities such as Roseanne (lowest) and Anna Kournikova (highest).
by matixbrownshirt August 5, 2004
Get the Do-able Decimal Syster mug.Someone who makes a career out of setting up bogus companies that recruit backpackers to make unsolicited calls aiming to fool unwary people into buying worthless services like advertising on their internet business directories or investment scams that pretend to offer huge returns but actually pay a small portion of the original investment then collapse and take the rest. In Australia, over half of them live on the Gold Coast.
Don't call me again you Gold Coast Shyster..
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