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It has a variety of meanings, but it is used here to mean speculator. In the UK, it can have a meaning similar to the US's "John" in terms of someone availing o
by mmcnickle 14y ago
It has a variety of meanings, but it is used here to mean speculator. In the UK, it can have a meaning similar to the US's "John" in terms of someone availing of the services of a brothel or prostitute.
- JonnieCache 14y agoIn the UK it means any customer taken from the general mass of the uninformed public. "Taking a punt" means taking a chance, as in gambling. Customers who try their luck at fairground games of chance (find the lady, shooting mechanical ducks etc) would be called punters. While not insulting, it is certainly condescending and using it implies that you view your customers as interchangeable and disposable. A related term is "mark" or "sucker" but that implies specific malicious intent to defraud, rather than an assumption of their inability to properly assess what they're buying. You can see the link to bitcoinica.
- powertower 14y agoBoth in the UK and the US we have this term... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=muppet http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=muppet