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Bootstrapper 

1. A term of contempt applied to someone who believes the notion that every success they ever had in life was due to their own efforts and initiative.

a. as in "pulled himself up by his own boot straps".

b. Their success required absolutely no input from anyone else.

c. Nor are they willing to admit that luck or institutionalized privilege had anything to do with their success.

d. Furthermore, others would also be successful if they would just stop being so lazy and just to work hard and succeed, like the bootstrapper did.

e. Usually held by neo-liberals and followers of objectivism.
"He thinks he built that company with his own two hands, without any help and without help from Daddy and his trust fund. What a bootstrapper!"
Bootstrapper by Docula January 19, 2014
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Bootstrapper 

1. The lack of style
2. A thief, when it comes to style.
3 Someone who says "ooh, I like those shoes he or she is wearing. Im getting the same pair."
Timmy: Yo, nice kicks John.

John:Eh, they we're until Frankie saw me wear 'em and decided to bootstrap'em.

Timmy: Go figure bro. Always knew Frankie to be a bootstrapper.
Bootstrapper by Enzl3y October 14, 2009
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Bootstrapping 

The action of lifting yourself out of poverty through sheer skill and force of will. It is about as plausible as the name suggests.
More billionaires exist now than ever before. If we all started bootstrapping, every American could become a billionaire!
Bootstrapping by Sitbear April 9, 2021

bootstrappy 

Mistaken belief that conservatives and libertarians have about their own self-sufficiency, when the world has, in fact, never been more interdependent.
Bob thinks it's really bootstrappy to buy all those American flags that were made in Taiwan.
bootstrappy by TeddyKGB September 10, 2011

Boot Strapper 

A dude that look just plain out ridiculous and goofy as hell. To the point of wanting to strap your boots on and give him a swift kick in the ass and ask "What are you thinking wearing those shoes with that shirt?"
Man, I saw this boot strapper walking down the street the other day looking like a straight up choad. I told that boot strappa to get the hell off my streets.
Boot Strapper by Boot Strappa September 8, 2011

Bootstrapping 

When 2 girls lie on their stomachs while you insert one foot into each vagina and you pull on their hair while you attempt to walk with your feet still inside them.
Me and the ladies are going bootstrapping tonight! Oh boy!
Bootstrapping by Billy Lurker September 20, 2017

bootstrappy 

a homosexual act in which the receiver is so eager to have sex that he drops his pants and grabs his ankles in a smooth flowing motion and as quickly as possible. The name comes from the receiver grabbing his own boot straps or, when the act has begun, his partner's boot straps.
Charles took John to the spare bedroom, where John got all bootstrappy on him.
bootstrappy by Kaptain Krude December 6, 2010