The act of promoting a speculative asset on social media with the intention of selling one's own holdings (a "bag") to unsuspecting investors, often by presenting overly optimistic or misleading information.
The investor was accused of bogposting after posting a series of enthusiastic tweets about a cryptocurrency they heavily invested in.
Etymology: A combination of "bogus" and "posting," referring to the deceptive nature of the activity.
Etymology: A combination of "bogus" and "posting," referring to the deceptive nature of the activity.
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The stolen cars are usually muscle cars, import and domestic street cars, donks and cars of luxury or high trade in value. This practice is very common in cities with many "Chop Shops" such as: Oakland, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The phrase was made known by the movie "Fast and the Furious" (2001) when Dominic (Vin Diesel) finds out Brian (Paul Walker) was incarcerated for "Boosting Cars".
The stolen cars are usually muscle cars, import and domestic street cars, donks and cars of luxury or high trade in value. This practice is very common in cities with many "Chop Shops" such as: Oakland, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The phrase was made known by the movie "Fast and the Furious" (2001) when Dominic (Vin Diesel) finds out Brian (Paul Walker) was incarcerated for "Boosting Cars".
Dom: Boost cars?
Brian: No, never.
Dom: Do time?
Brian: Couple of overnighters. No big deal.
Dom: What about those two years you did in juvie for boosting cars? Tucson, right? I had Jesse run a little background check on you, Mr. Brian Earl Spilner.
Brian: No, never.
Dom: Do time?
Brian: Couple of overnighters. No big deal.
Dom: What about those two years you did in juvie for boosting cars? Tucson, right? I had Jesse run a little background check on you, Mr. Brian Earl Spilner.
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When in a race (normally from a roll) The operator of a "boosted" (turbocharged) car does a tricky maneuver involving applying brakes then adding in throttle to add more brake smoothly to eventually cause the engine to load up spooling the turbine creating boost/power while maintaining a constant rpm/speed so that when the driver lets off the brakes the car takes off like a bullet.
The car on the left brake boosted on that race.... didn't you hear the turbo spooling before they went?
Brake boosting
Brake boosting
by Tw34kd November 20, 2009
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Get the Boosting mug.this happens in modern warfare 2, when 2 or more nerds join a lobby and use tac inserts and take turns killing eachother till one of them gets a nuke. used most commonly in freeforall. the trick to get rid of it is to go find where they are hiding (easy to tell because tac insert is loud) and rpg the shit out of those cheaters!
nerd1:hey guyz! lets go nuke boosting!
nerd2:ya!!!
*joins lobby*
nerd1:21-22-23-24 kills! 1 more!
*KABOOM RPG*
nerds:nooo!!!!
nerd2:ya!!!
*joins lobby*
nerd1:21-22-23-24 kills! 1 more!
*KABOOM RPG*
nerds:nooo!!!!
by ShinyNewArmor January 30, 2010
Get the nuke boosting mug.Dougall boosting is the practice of exaggerating all situations, likely to distort the truth to make the situation sound more epic/funny/scary/sad.
He basically ran a mile to save the kids in Africa. Man, he just walked across the hall to hand in his pledge form. Stop dougall boosting.
by wendersandteakwan January 13, 2011
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