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DEFINITION: v. To exclusively use credit cards, debit cards and/or electronic banking in order to avoid using, or even touching, old fashioned cash. n. A person who never pays for anything using real money.
Verboticisms
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Phobuc
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: foh buhk
Sentence: his psychiatrist diagnosed him as phobuc, and set up a direct debit billing system
Etymology: phobic, buck
Visaonary
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: Vee/za/on/ar/ee
Sentence: Sam was considered a visaonary who heralded a world full of plastic and credit.
Etymology: Visa + visionary
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COMMENTS:
master(ard)ful! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-13: 08:15:00
love the implied 'now you see it, now you don't' by incorporating visionary in your etymology. Excellent create. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:52:00
Brief, concise and to the point. Excellent word. - Mustang, 2009-03-14: 00:36:00
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Amexclusive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: am ex kloooooo siv
Sentence: After yesterday's debacls at Metro's Mouthwatering Diner, she decided she couldn't touch anything green for a long time. She went amexclusive.
Etymology: Amex, exclusive
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COMMENTS:
lol! great sentence and word. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 10:00:00
great combo Galway - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-13: 10:43:00
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Creddycad
Created by: fossean
Pronunciation: Credd-e-cad
Sentence: 'Who needs money?' thought Bob. 'I can just creddycad the landlord again.'
Etymology: Formed by contraction of credit, and cad (moral bankrupt).
Credaconst
Created by: kairi988
Pronunciation: Cred-a-const
Sentence: My mother's friend is a credeaconst...
Etymology: Someone that never uses cash.
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COMMENTS:
Idk... - kairi988, 2009-03-16: 13:42:00
oh nvr mind.. - kairi988, 2009-03-16: 13:43:00
Welcome. This was a good start! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 12:35:00
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Indebtermined
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: in/deh/ter/min/ed
Sentence: He was indebtermined to avoid paying cash.
Etymology: in debt + determined
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COMMENTS:
amazing how so many people are anxious to remain indebtermined! This one will pop out of my head everytime some one tells me about deeply indebtermined they are! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 19:02:00
left a word out of the last line ... about how deeply indebtermined they are! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 19:03:00
Debtedly a great word! - Nosila, 2009-03-13: 19:11:00
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Plasdeceptikon
Created by: kalex
Pronunciation: Plas-dee-sep-tick-awn
Sentence: Soon enough there will be plasdeceptikons who have never even seen money. With the end of paper money, plasdeceptikons will rule the world! Ah-ha ha ha ha!(sinister laugh)
Etymology: Taken from words of the future
Debtcardholder
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: DEBT card HOL der
Sentence: John had gone from debit and credit cardholder to debtcardholder over a few short months. It felt like extra money. He never used cash but he always carried some on him. He ate in restaurants...used his credit card...checked his wallet...still had cash. He bought gifts for his wife...used his credit card...checked his wallet...still had cash. He bought groceries...used his debit card...checked his wallet...still had cash. It was amazing how these magical cards had stretched his paycheck. But soon he was not allowed to use any of the cards anymore because they had all become debtcards. So now he had to get more of them to help him pay his payments on these ones.
Etymology: DEBIT CARD HOLDER: DEBT:
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COMMENTS:
Really good word Kateinkorea! "debtcardholder", makes logical sense to me! So many fools out there acquiring tons of debt and charging away instead using cash! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-14: 19:17:00
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Ecashified
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: eee cash if ide
Sentence: Dorothy had recently become ecashified. If she could not use her computer to pay for it, she did not buy it.
Etymology: e(electronic) and cash and suffix (fied) Also play on word classified
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COMMENTS:
Good word! more people need to be Ecashified so they do not spend unwisely :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-14: 19:11:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James