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Seafood Hustle

The hustle performed by Arya Stark as she sold oysters, clams, and cockles.
Arya Stark did the seafood hustle. "Oysters, clams, and cockles!" she called.
by dancingmonkey1 June 12, 2024
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Hustle

The core action driving hustle culture. To work endlessly towards a goal at the expense of balance.
That dude hustled none stop, working 100 hours a week.
by TheBigSmooth25 June 10, 2022
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42 Hustle Boyz (42HB)

A long-running Detroit Crip set from the Eastside (48224 & 48205), mainly around Houston Whittier. Active since the early 2000s, 42HB became known for drug operations, tag wars with 55 SMB, and their role in the 4s alliance. Connected to rapper 42 Dugg, their tags, numbers, and graffiti mark territory and influence.
“The 42 Hustle Boyz (42HB) run Houston Whittier hard, and their 4s symbols can be seen across Eastside blocks and local street murals.”—Eastside Detroiter
by RealTalkOnlyFool October 10, 2025
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Two Lip Hustle

A "two lip hustle" is a scam that requires nothing but your mouth.
That guy took me for five bucks with nothing but a two lip hustle.
by nada smurf June 16, 2018
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On the hustle

Gotta make that dolla. That’s why I’m always on the hustle. You know what I mean.
by Shawta June 6, 2019
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Playground Hustle

Playground Hustle is sex involving anymore than three people and up to 7 people total. It is most commonly used as code word when speaking around parents, teachers, or other adults.
Oh man i walked in on my roommate having sex, so we decided to make it into a playground hustle
by Captain Featherwick January 11, 2010
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Ghost Hustling

Ghost Hustling-the act of working hard on something no one else notices, leading to little or no recognition. Ghost hustling is also the unseen labor of people still pushing for visibility and truth in environments where their language—and by extension, their work is being strategically erased.

Policy & Bureaucratic Silencing
The current climate has banned specific terms in documents and communications. This can be viewed as ghost hustling language—words are removed behind the scenes, often without public acknowledgment. Affected researchers, agencies, advocates continue their work with limited recognition or visibility. The reported banning of diversity, equity, and inclusion can be framed as ghost hustling: these concepts still exist and are being discussed, but in a way that lacks institutional support or visibility.

Cultural & Political Reframing
Subtle language shifts in public discourse—replacing words like refugee with illegal migrant, or gender equality with family values—is ghost hustling. Advocates & policymakers continue work but the terminology they use to gain legitimacy or funding is erased or altered.

Media & Public Perception
Not officially banning words but making their use politically risky (categorizing terms as "woke" or "unpatriotic"), ghost hustles language out of public discourse. The act shifts censorship to individuals and organizations in ways that aren’t explicitly mandated but are quite impactful.
Ex. I've been ghost hustling at this job for months.
Ex. Ghost hustling never gets you the credit you deserve.

Ex. Policy Silencing
Climate scientists are ghost hustling in this new political climate, still conducting vital research even as terms like ‘climate change’ quietly disappear from official reports.

Cultural and Political Reframing
By replacing ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ with terms like ‘merit-based hiring,’ policymakers are ghost hustling an entire movement out of the public conversation.

Media and Public Perception
Journalists covering issues of systemic racism are ghost hustling their narratives into mainstream media, skillfully avoiding banned buzzwords to keep their work from being dismissed as ‘too political.’
by Big Less 64 March 12, 2025
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