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1. (n.) bottom feeder
bottom fish.
2. bottom feeder
a person who functions or seeks to gain at the lowest level of an activity:
bottom feeders who buy undervalued stocks; social bottom feeders hanging out in seedy bars.
3. bottom feeder
a person who appeals to base instincts.
Etymology: (1920–25)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bottom-feeder
a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain
2. (noun) bottom-feeder, bottom-dweller
a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water
3. (noun) bottom feeder
an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. bottom feeder
1. An Internet user that leeches off ISPs — the sort you can
never provide good enough services for, always complains about the price,
no matter how low it may be, and will bolt off to another service the
moment there is even the slimmest price difference. While most bottom
feeders infest free or almost free services such as AOL, MSN, and Hotmail,
too many flock to whomever happens to be the cheapest regional ISP at the
time. Bottom feeders are often the classic problem user, known for
unleashing spam, flamage, and other breaches of
netiquette. 2. Syn. for slopsucker, derived from the
fishermen's and naturalists' term for finny creatures who subsist on the
primordial ooze. (This sense is older.)
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