These fish, often calledminnows, are usually new to the format or just casual players and have not built up the skill to compete with more experienced players. Roughly 70% of them lose money playing DFS, which goes to the sharks that feed on their losses. The term is similar to the "shooting fish in a barrel" phrase.

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conscrypton

cyber conscription, conscrypton, mandates use of a digital currency micropayment to circumvent hard currency, subscription and paywalled access online. Its hacker parlance, a term of art in protest to a loss of free speech online placed behind a paywall, albeit micro paywall.

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AAK

The "alive and kicking" phrase dates back to at least the early-19th century when it referred to people actually being able to kick as a sign that they were still alive. AAK was eventually adopted as an acronym for the phrase in the late-1990s and 2000s as Internet lingo and texting became more commonplace.

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