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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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Spendshift
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: spend-shift
Sentence: Gabe's wife, Myrtle, loved to tell her friends that he had become a devoted spendshift, having arranged to have both their paychecks deposited directly to their banking accounts, doing all his bill paying on line and making all purchases with credit or debit cards, thereby avoiding any contact with actual cash which he considered to be antiquated and beneath him.
Etymology: Blend of spend and shift, a play on the word spendthrift.
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COMMENTS:
Spendshift and exchange day (slang term frequently used for pay day) go so well together. Superb pun and a terrific create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:58:00
Excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-03-14: 22:27:00
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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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Robberdinero
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rob ber dee ner o
Sentence: Robbie's Dad, Robert, hated touching cash. He thought the bills and coins were full of germs. Robbie and his friends nicknamed him robberdinero, because, to be franc, he had no yen to handle the filthy lucre. "Although you are a sterling character,You know euro-verdrawn at the bank?", his son reminded him. His father replied, "If yuan your allowance, you will have to get a debit card and make your mark on the world of finance." Robbie had a ruble-ation and went to pound on doors to get a job. His father is headed for the Loonie bin.
Etymology: Robber (a thief who steals from someone) & Dinero (informal terms for money) and a play on Robert DeNiro (actor...famous for the line, "Are you talking to me"???)
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COMMENTS:
Funny! That must have taken some thought! - karenanne, 2010-09-24: 08:05:00
It's just my two bits' worth... - Nosila, 2010-09-24: 23:57:00
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Spendshift
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SPEND-shift
Sentence: Virgil's wife, Mabel, loved to tell her friends that he had become a devoted spendshift, having arranged to have both their paychecks deposited directly to their banking accounts, doing all his bill paying on line and making all purchases with credit or debit cards, thereby avoiding any contact with actual cash which he considered to be antiquated and beneath him.
Etymology: Blend of 'spend' (expend funds) and 'shift' (transfer or move to another place), a play on the word spendthrift.
Cardiologicist
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: car/dio/loj/i/sist
Sentence: Steve knew in his heart and in his mind that credit was the most logical way to do business. He was a cardiologicist.
Etymology: card + logicist + cardiologist
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COMMENTS:
Super clever sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 10:09:00
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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
Plasticscene
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: plas tik seen
Sentence: When Joey started school, he was familiar with the plasticscene, because his Dad had taught him all about credit cards. Imagine his surprise to find out he was meant to make a model out of it in Art class.
Etymology: Plastic (credit cards) & Scene (happening) & Wordplay on Plasticine (synthetic clay-like material used in schools for making models)
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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Plastaholic
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Pla-sta-hol-ick
Sentence: Tommy's Dad Howard was so addicted to his charge and debit cards that he never had any cash. Tommy thought back to when he lost his first tooth...he reached under his pillow to only find a thin piece of plastic with a note. (You have 2.76 cents left on this charge card. Love,The Tooth Fairy.) Tommy held it in his little hands and thought is this money? Until he went to school and saw different...all he ever saw was his Dad use a plastic card to get everything they wanted or needed. Oh how Tommy longed to feel REAL CASH in his hands. Things got so bad with his Dad that Tommy wasn't allowed to answer the phone anymore because all these people wanted His Father's plastic back? Hmm he wondered, "what can I do to stop all these calls so my friends can call me?"...He looked in the phone book and found and found a support group for his Dad called ("Plastaholic" Anonymous) and called and had brochures sent to his Dad. Now his Dad is in the 12 step program to overcome his "plastaholic" addiction. Every once in a while his Dad slips up and wants to use plastic but Tommy reminds him he's in treatment for "Plastaholic" tendencies. Tommy is worried when he grows up will he also be a "Plastaholic" since it's in his family history????
Etymology: Plast; Part of the word Plastic. Aholic; Part of the word Alcoholic minus the lco. Alcoholic-Meaning; One who is addicted to alcohol. Plastaholic;One who is addicted to plastic debit and charge cards. Plastaholic Anonymous ;Where you go to fight addictions to charge cards and debit cards you keep maxing out to where it's destroying your life.
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COMMENTS:
Awwww.... how touching. I remember the tooth fairy. Great story. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-13: 02:04:00
Thank you Metrohumanx :) Keep smiling~ - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-13: 02:41:00
Platiholics Anonymous is a great idea ... even in the real wold! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:44:00
Great word and story, Deb...I'm sure their meetings would be full these days! - Nosila, 2009-03-13: 19:10:00
Thank you everybody! You all are such talented writers :) Very entertaining! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-17: 01:54:00
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Debtmintor
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: debt-mint-or
Sentence: Charlie had his very own debtmintor growing up. Daddy taught him well!
Etymology: debt + u.s. mint + mentor
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James