bottomfeeder

bottom feeder

2.
an opportunist, as in politics or business: bottom feeders who buy up commercial failures.
3.
a person having low status; loser; lowlife: bottom feeders hanging out in seedy bars.
4.
a person who appeals to base instincts: Gossip columnists are the bottom feeders of journalism.
Also, bot·tom-feed·er.
Also called bottom-fisher (defs 2–4).
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bottom feeder
 
n
1.  a fish that feeds on material at the bottom of a river, lake, sea, etc
2.  an objectionable and unimpressive person or thing
3.  Also called: bottom fisher a speculator who buys shares in companies that are performing poorly in anticipation of improved performance

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bottom feeder

n. Syn. for slopsucker, derived from the fishermen's and naturalists' term for finny creatures who subsist on the primordial ooze.
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BottomFeeder definition

networking
An RSS aggregator.
BottomFeeder Home (http://cincomsmalltalk.com/BottomFeeder).
(2003-09-29)

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