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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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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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Reconsmile

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: rek/on/smyle

Sentence: When the cashier scanned through the big screen TV as a vegomatic, Dave had no other option but to reconsmile.

Etymology: reconcile (comply) + smile

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Misscanlarceny

Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: miss scan lar sinny

Sentence: As the checker committed misscanlarceny he chucked; the TV was misspriced at $29.95.

Etymology: miss-go wide of the mark scan - using automatic checking machine larceny - theft

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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)

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Scanscam

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: scan/scam

Sentence: A scanscam sometimes reduced the regular price by 90%.

Etymology: scan + scam

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COMMENTS:

This word is fun to say. - Clayton, 2007-06-28: 15:40:00

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Barbargaining

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: bar bar gay ning

Sentence: The barbargains that he gained by the bar codes were spent in bars trying to gain bar co-ed numbers (that's enough, I've confused myself now).

Etymology: bar bargaining, bar gains

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COMMENTS:

Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann, Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann - there you go purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-28: 09:06:00

gee, thanks. (tried Peggy Sue, tried Betty Lou...) - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-28: 09:37:00

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Mumdown

Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: MUM-down

Sentence: George mumdowned as his new plasma screen TV rang up over 800 dollars less than it should have been.

Etymology: Mum, as in silent, and markdown.

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Cashierin

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: cash-eer-in

Sentence: I love it when I get to cashierin on the scantastic savings at the grocery store. I don't feel like a barcad at all, considering all the times I've been overcharged.

Etymology: cash in, cashier

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COMMENTS:

great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-28: 09:04:00

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