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DEFINITION: v. intr. To quietly and politely ignore a cashier's mistake when they scan in a barcode on item you are purchasing and the price is much lower than it should be.
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Skuiiduggery
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Skoo-ee-duh-guh-ree
Sentence: Although my organic granola retails for $7.99 a pound, the scanned price of $.79 represented a most excellent feat of SKUIIduggery.
Etymology: SKU+II(computerese)+skullduggery
Passifleece
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈpæsəˌflis/
Sentence: Passifleecing is a subcategory of the more general pasceivery, which covers all forms of deception through inaction.
Etymology: From passive + fleece
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COMMENTS:
Yes, put on your poker face. - texmom, 2007-06-29: 00:40:00
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Clevdick
Created by: thewisediviner
Pronunciation: as it is written
Sentence: tracy knew she was being a clevdick, when she saw that the ham she bought was marked $1.99, when it should have been $11.99, as she sidled away from the cashier nonchalantly.
Etymology: clever + what a dick!
Underlook
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: uhn-der-LOOK
Sentence: Jill underlooked the minor error. Two bucks for an espresso machine seemed reasonable enough.
Etymology: under + overlook
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - ErWenn, 2007-06-28: 23:26:00
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Ignorscanus
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ignor/scan/us
Sentence: As I am an ignorscanus I don't realize my good or bad fortune until I get home
Etymology: ignore + scan + ignoramus
Disfreegard
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Diss-free-gaurd
Sentence: I had such a mixed feeling of guilt and pleasure when I disfreegarded my newly bought television, which was priced at a total of $71.59, cost me only $70.99!
Etymology: Disregard (to ignore) + free (without cost)
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COMMENTS:
Love it. - Clayton, 2007-06-28: 15:36:00
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Sovaibhitar
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: savoi-bhi-tar
Sentence: I got this shirt sovaibhitar
Etymology: konkani
Facesaving
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: face-saving
Sentence: Su-Ellen paid for her holiday with facesavings collected over the preceding months at the cash-n-carry.
Etymology: saving (as in face, preventing someone from feeling stupid) + savings (as in cash in the bank)
Dishonesave
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: diss-hon-eh-save
Sentence: She knew she would pay twice the price in hell for being a frequent dishonesaver but it just felt too good.
Etymology: dishonest + save
Scannydipping
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: scan-ee-dip-ing
Sentence: nothing gave her greater pleasure than a bit of scannydipping at the supermarket on a warm summers day.
Etymology: scan, skinny dip
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COMMENTS:
She was also known as Buffy the Scanliar. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-28: 09:50:00
Was it coinciental that she was buying Jamie Oliver's complete Naked Chef series? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-28: 11:30:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James