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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
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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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!
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
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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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
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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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)
Sovaibhitar
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: savoi-bhi-tar
Sentence: I got this shirt sovaibhitar
Etymology: konkani
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
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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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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Ignurchase
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: ih-g-n-ur-ch-uh-s
Sentence: As they say ignurchase is bliss, even if your only saving a few cents.
Etymology: ignore+purchase
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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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.
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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Misdiscountize
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: miss + diss + count + eyes
Sentence: So sure, I misdiscountized a bit, but I got a 50 dollar bottle of fine whisky for the price of a bottle of Old Sheepdip!
Etymology: From the root "discount," meaning "This ruler of a county" if you're from Brooklyn or the South Side of Chicago.
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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James