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- noun finance A form of financial
fraud where the fraudster buys stocks cheaply, generates artificial excitement about those stocks to create a temporary price increase, then sells the stocks before the price goes back down - noun slang A situation where a person
has sex with a partner on a single occasion, without immediateintention of furthercontact or pursuing a seriousrelationship . - verb To use a
breast pump and thendiscard themilk , typically because one has had an infection, or been drinking alcohol. - verb transitive, slang To have
have sex with apartner on a single occasion, withoutintention orprospects of further contact, or engaging in a seriousrelationship .
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hernesheir commented on the word pump and dump
The (largely) penny stock ploy that attempts to drive up the price of a highly speculative and volatile stock so that one or more holders with insider knowledge might entice foolish or uninformed investors to "buy high" from the better-informed pumpers so that the latter can unload their near-worthless shares of a dismal failure or soon-to-fail company to their personal financial advantage. Pumpers and dumpers are the source of a good percentage of unsolicited facsimiles that some office FAX machines are plagued with.
October 2, 2009