Urbitrage

Living in a cheap city and working in an expensive one

"Don't you hate your commute? Why do you drive into the city everyday?"
"It's an Urbitrage play"

Urbitrage by schissel July 30, 2016

urbanrage 

Submitting an entry to urbandictionary.com and not getting accepted. Leading to irrational anger.

John ;; Dammit, my definition doesn't get chosen but they have all this stupid shit!
Jake ;; Woah man, urbanrage much?

I will have urbanrage if this isn't accepted. Which would be completely ironic.

urbanrage by youraverageannika February 6, 2010

arbitrage 

A Winnipeg DJ known equally for his stellar mash-ups and penchant for knitting tea cosies.

"Did you hear DJ Arbitrage at Mardi Gras last week?"

"Ya! His set was awesome! But what was with all the tea cosies?"

arbitrage by winnipegluvah February 12, 2009

social arbitrage

Social Arbitrage v. (def.)
A collective of individuals usually on social media who come together in a think tank to make educated moves to make small and large profits from stocks, trading, cryptocurrency, etc. for the greater good of all who choose to participate.

Hey man #WallStreetBets just gave us a signal to buy and hold #TRX Tron to boost its value!

Since Robinhood blocked our buying option for GameStop stock we are gonna boost all the decentralized markets with social arbitrage henceforth!

social arbitrage by Damecash January 29, 2021

arbitrage 

The purchase and immediate resale in another market of an item in order to profit from a price discrepancy.

Hey, Rob, I just made two points on the 03 paper arbitrage!

arbitrage by adamisaspaz March 4, 2003

Arbitrage of deplorables 

The natural phenomenon of horrible people migrating to services that don't want them until they're evenly spread, thereby removing the competitive edge of being able to claim that you don't serve horrible people.

Bob: I prefer to use X instead of Y, because they have fewer Nazis on the platform.
Jo: They used to, but there was an arbitrage of deplorables, and now they've got the local white nationalist cult using them.

Arbitrage of deplorables by Werdenschmidt January 9, 2021

Craigslist arbitrage 

To buy things on Craigslist, then resell them for a profit.

The purchase of items in one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy.

I wasted much of my time playing World of Warcraft, I liked to slay dragons and fight zombies as much as the next guy. But what I really enjoyed was shopping at the in-game auction house. When you had stuff you didn't want, you could sell it to other players through auctions. I was practicing Craigslist arbitrage. And soon my lowly little wizard had a fortune of hundreds of gold pieces.

Craigslist arbitrage by Jadesqr August 25, 2011