MTyeW23's definitions
1)A confidence man/woman. The term was used by professional con artists in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe people in their profession. The Grifters, a 1963 noir fiction novel by Jim Thompson, portrayed a family of grifters who are all emotionally managed. . The characters describe being "on the grift" the way someone else might describe drinking and drugs. "I can stop any time I want," says Roy to his mother. .
2) (modern) A sell out in the political opinion world. This noun is increasingly used by progressives (and some conservatives) to describe people such as Candace Owens and other opinion makers whose conservatism is seen as facile and inorganic, born mostly out of of a need for corporate funding than actual convictions.
2) (modern) A sell out in the political opinion world. This noun is increasingly used by progressives (and some conservatives) to describe people such as Candace Owens and other opinion makers whose conservatism is seen as facile and inorganic, born mostly out of of a need for corporate funding than actual convictions.
1.) “As for working with a partner, he didn’t like that either. It cut the score right down the middle. It put an apple on your head, and handed the other guy a shotgun. Because grifters, it seemed, suffered an irresistible urge to beat their colleagues. There was little glory in whipping a fool—hell, fools were made to be whipped. But to take a professional, even if it cost you in the long run, ah, that was something to polish your pride.”
― Jim Thompson, The Grifters, 1963
2) "He used to be an original voice, but after meeting the Koch Brothers, the radio host underwent a personality change. Instead of nuanced analysis, he repeated well-worn right-wing talking points, causing his colleagues to suspect he had been corrupted into being a grifter.
― Jim Thompson, The Grifters, 1963
2) "He used to be an original voice, but after meeting the Koch Brothers, the radio host underwent a personality change. Instead of nuanced analysis, he repeated well-worn right-wing talking points, causing his colleagues to suspect he had been corrupted into being a grifter.
by MTyeW23 September 10, 2021
Get the griftermug. Blood as used by the main character, Alex, in Clockwork Orange, while speaking the author-invented argot Nadsat.
"And then, what do you know, soon our dear old friend, the red, red vino on tap, the same in all places like it's put out by the same big firm, began to flow." -- A Clockwork Orange
by MTyeW23 August 17, 2015
Get the Vinomug. A disparaging term for a young female resident of Gloucester, MA, who speaks with a strong regional accent and is apt to conform to silly local fads.
The Glou-chicks smoked Marlboros, listened to Aerosmith, and littered the conversation with the word "fuck."
by MTyeW23 August 17, 2015
Get the Glou-chickmug. Jim Morrison and The Doors played some of their first shows at the Whiskey à gogo, a famous night club in L.A.
by MTyeW23 June 11, 2018
Get the à gogomug. A category of drugs that can be legally prescribed but are the most stringently monitored because of their potential for abuse and {diversion. Schedule II drugs include stimulants such as cocaine, amphetamine and opiates such as fentanyl, which is far more dangerous than heroin, even though the latter is Schedule I. While Schedule I drugs have been deemed as having "no medical value" and cannot be prescribed because they are presumably the most dangerous, Schedule II drugs are generally far more dangerous and addictive than Schedule I drugs. The fact that non-lethal drugs such a cannabis, and psychedelics such as LSD and peyote are Schedule I drugs say more about the period when the schedules were created (as part of the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, under Nixon) than they do about the actual danger of the drugs.
Dr. Feldman's ability to prescribe Schedule II drugs was suspended after the DEA noticed he was prescribing thousands of Percocets at a time to six buxom women he knew from Temple.
by MTyeW23 June 11, 2018
Get the schedule IImug. This conjunction of two words ("we would" or "we should") is also a homonym of weed, the common slang term for cannabis. Therefore, "We'd!" is an expression of agreement used by pot lovers to anyone suggesting cannabis use.
Herb Stoner: "Any of you eighth graders here want to join me behind the gym to smoke a number?
Stoner Bud 1: "Yes, we'd!"
Stoner Bud 2: "We'd indeed!"
Herb Stoner: "Great, first pay me 20 bucks. And come with some girls, or don't come at all."
Stoner Bud 1: "Yes, we'd!"
Stoner Bud 2: "We'd indeed!"
Herb Stoner: "Great, first pay me 20 bucks. And come with some girls, or don't come at all."
by MTyeW23 June 11, 2018
Get the We'dmug. by MTyeW23 April 21, 2022
Get the Good timemug.