romance scam

Fake profiles on dating sites to get people to join. Yahoo Personals was sued for their romance scams. Most dating sites, if not all of them, have many fake profiles to get people to pay, or, for sites that are free, it gets people to sign up and bring a lot of traffic to their site, making the businesses gain profit from their advertisers. Plenty of Fish, a free dating website, is full of romance scams.

Think about how a personals website starts if it starts with zero members. Who would sign up? It is theorized all dating sites start out with and continue to have romance scams. It is an unethical, yet very effective way for their business to make money.

Don't sign up for Plenty of Fish--you will waste most of your time with romance scams.

Most, if not all, of the beautiful women on dating sites are more than likely romance scams.

romance scam by deepspace10 January 28, 2011

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Romance Scammer

Someone who targets an individual, usually through the internet and by phone, feigns feelings of love, then finds themselves in an impossible situation that requires money from the target.

Someone poses as an American, develops a romantic relationship, has a job overseas, then requests money from the target to get out of some unexpected disaster. Usually the money will eventually allow the scammer to be united with their target. See romancescams.org for a photo album of known romance scammers.

Romance Scammer by sadderbutwiser November 26, 2013

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bang a you-ee

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"

hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee

bang a you-ee by Pistolero Pierro May 4, 2008

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Fleg

The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.

"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"

Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013

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Skeef

To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.

"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."

Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026

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Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.

I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand

Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026

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bullshot

n. A screenshot fabricated by a company to misrepresent the graphics of a game; a combination of the words bullshit and screenshot.

Originated from Penny Arcade, a popular gaming webcomic.

-Have you seen Madden 2006 for the Xbox 360? The graphics are gonna be awesome!
-Dude, the Madden 2006 images they showed at E3 were bullshots. It doesn't look nearly as good as they said.

bullshot by Worker Unit #503,298,545 September 26, 2005

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