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I heard new English word : AMWAYING

 
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After the new terms like Banglored and Shanghaied, I heard someone saying another new word. A friend of mine, who is good at wooing female, has recently wooed a highly educated and beautiful female, despite of being under-gradate and average looking guy. One of my friends given comment on this issue

“He is good at AMWAYing females.”
[ September 09, 2005: Message edited by: Chetan Parekh ]
 
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search for AMWAY and you would know what did he mean by AMWAYing
 
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Well I know what AMWAY is.

I was tortured a lot by people to become member of it, using all weapons like � Seminar, Meeting, CDs, Cassette, Books, Phone, Magazine.
 
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Originally posted by Chetan Parekh:
I was tortured a lot by people to become member of it, using all weapons like � Seminar, Meeting, CDs, Cassette, Books, Phone, Magazine.



And still those guys could not AMWAY you ..
 
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I happened to be in COSTCO mall in US when I found a Indian walking towards me. I was happy that an Indian was advancing towards me to have a friendly chat. He spoke for 5 mins and asked to join his business. and no wonder it was AMWAY again !!!
He really didnt mean to make a new friend. He just wanted to expand his business.I had faced this in India when a friend kept forcing me to join AMWAY for over 2 months.
 
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Why AMWAY is wrong?

Following text is derived from above source

Also note that like Scientology, Amway has a history of legally harassing those who would speak out against it, which is another sure sign of a scam.

 
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I know folks who lost friendships because of this disease, AMWAY.
 
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"Shanghaied" is not a new term. It dates back at least to the 1700's.
 
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I created a new term called "Skylinked". But it is because my golf course, called Skylink's was recently completely redone. It is now really tough, the greens have lots of undulations/breaks/very curvy and hilly, which causes your putting to go really bad. So if you have like a foot putt, hit the ball and it breaks so far as to just lip the edge of the cup and miss, that is being "Skylinked".

Missing a really easy one because of some curve.

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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
"Shanghaied" is not a new term. It dates back at least to the 1700's.



It is said that a magazine is not old till you read it
 
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Yes, but if you tell others about the "new" magazine, and they had read the magazine decades ago, they will tell you that it's old.
 
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Yes, but if you tell others about the "new" magazine, and they had read the magazine decades ago, they will tell you that it's old.



Yes, but if a Henway tries to cross the street, then you can't be sure that it will make it.

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My worst ever experience with Amway.

It was night before my birthday. I was sleeping and suddenly my mobile rung. It was sharp 12. I was very excited as I felt that “someone special” has called me. When I pick up the phone, it was a birthday wish call from a person who was forcing me to become a member of Amway.
 
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And you said "Am no way!" ??
 
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That fellow always treates me in the most comfortable way , as if I am his Jamaibabu ( son-in-law)
[ December 22, 2005: Message edited by: Chetan Parekh ]
 
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"Shanghaied" has been an english word for ages dude.
Check the dictionary
 
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Just got another SMS message from Amway Marketing Guy:
“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity mixed in it. “

I don’t know what he wants to say by this.
 
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