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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

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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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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

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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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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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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!

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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

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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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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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