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'Sorry, but you're not my type'

DEFINITION: v. To sacrifice your health, your family, and even a few friends to money, only to discover that money doesn't like you. n. A sacrifice made for money that goes unrewarded.

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Hammerdimed

Created by: gabngar

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Dan had a fortune, but ended broke aster he was hammerdimed.

Etymology: Hammertime-From the famous song "Can't touch this" by M.C. Hammer, who had a fortune but lost it all. Dime- a ten cent coin in the U.S.

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Cashtrate

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: kash-strait

Sentence: Wallace cashtrated himself when he started working 80 hours a week -- he found that money was no good without someone to spend it with.

Etymology: Cash + castrate

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COMMENTS:

Good stuff, sounds fitting painful. - Bulletchewer, 2007-02-02: 10:30:00

*fittingly Sorry, 'tis Friday. - Bulletchewer, 2007-02-02: 10:31:00

Viciously excellent - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 10:33:00

made for a man - but I like it too (Irish accent optional) - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-02: 11:27:00

Nice one! - BMott, 2007-02-02: 13:28:00

Best word of the day! Says it all in a quick slicing manner!! Rich and a high voice to join the choir!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-02-02: 15:54:00

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Wadfraud

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: wod/frod

Sentence: A case of wadfraud involving far too many misbegotten miracles he hadn't expected left him with an inability to worship the Almighty Dollar as he had in the past.

Etymology: wad + fraud

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Mutualfundimentia

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mU-tual-fun-dE-men-sha

Sentence: Jill suffers from mutualfundimentia after she to sacraficed her all to get David's affection, only to be snubbed.

Etymology: mutual fund/ dementia

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COMMENTS:

plus *fundamental* - nice word! - Alchemist, 2007-02-02: 09:17:00

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Masolover

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: maso lover

Sentence: please reject me i´m a masolover

Etymology: mosochist and lover

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Fauxriche

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: fo-reesh

Sentence: Carla was a member of the new fauxriche. She had not been true to her friends in her failed quest for wealth and now found herself alone and poor.

Etymology: faux (false) + riche (rich)

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COMMENTS:

All those sacrifces and nothing? I think Carla has it worse than Jim... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 10:37:00

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Coinitis

Created by: Madamemojo

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Cashimize

Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation: cah-i-mize

Sentence: He endureded another cashimze

Etymology: cash + victimize

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Demonetary

Created by: mbacon

Pronunciation: dee mon i tare ee

Sentence: Scrooge live a demonetary life until he was reformed by the three spirits

Etymology: Combination of demon, meaning an agent of evil and monetary, meaning relating to money

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Bucked

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: buhkt

Sentence: Alan wanted so much to get ahead on his bills. He just wanted to be able to take his girlfriend out to a nice dinner without having to skip meals for the rest of the week so he jumped at the chance to work overtime. He upset his mother by cancelling their weekly get together and majorly annoyed his roommate who was non-too-happy about walking his dog to pull an over-nighter. When he went to his car in the morning to retrieve a change of clothes, he found a ticket, whose fine exceeded all the extra cash he had just earned. BUCKED AGAIN!

Etymology: buck (money) + "another word that rhymes with buck" (screwed)

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