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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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Dismise

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: diss-myze

Sentence: Miss Ebenezer dismised her father completely, after his last will and testament had been suitably altered in her favour.

Etymology: Dismiss + miser. Has a similar meaning to dismiss - "to dismiss because of the priority of money in one's life".

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COMMENTS:

NB Americans may feel that the spelling should be 'dismize', but I couldn't do that without losing the reference to 'miser'. - Discoveria, 2007-02-02: 04:36:00

Don't worry, Americans aren't miserly with letters... Use as many as you want! - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 11:07:00

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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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Coinitis

Created by: Madamemojo

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Pennilynch

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: pen/nE/linch

Sentence: Michael said that he wanted to be the next Donald Trump. His friends said "Why? That sounds stupid...", so he fired them. And he never gave up on his dream. Unfortunately, he never made it either... He just pennilynched himself.

Etymology: penny+ lynch/pinch

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Nice one! - BMott, 2007-02-02: 11:37:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-02: 12:33:00

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Cacashtrophy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ka kash tra fee

Sentence: His life was a cacastrophy, he felt as he walked around dollerously

Etymology: catastrophy, cash

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Selfcapitate

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: self-kap-i-tayte

Sentence: The supermodel chose to selfcapitate, leaving her with nothing; but at least she was still skinnier than skin itself.

Etymology: From "self", "capital" (money) and "decapitate" (removal of the head).

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Kennethlaid

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ken-eth-lade

Sentence: Bob had it all - the house, the yacht, the cars, the girls, but when a once-close friend sued him for breach of contract, he found himself kennethlaid and penniless.

Etymology: Kennth Lay - infamous, corrupt CEO of Enron; laid - have sex with, but not in a good way

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Good! It's tough being "the smartest guy in the room", when you're also broke... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 11:01:00

In my personal opinion, he suffered from monerrhea, and should have sought professional help from psychiatrists instead of accountants. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-02: 18:17:00

I don't get it. At all. - BMott, 2007-02-06: 03:04:00

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Cashimize

Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation: cah-i-mize

Sentence: He endureded another cashimze

Etymology: cash + victimize

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Lucrotomy

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: loo krot ah mee

Sentence: it was worse than addiction it was lucrotomy.

Etymology: from lucre and surgically removing something you need.

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Overtwotimer

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ōvərtutaɪmər

Sentence: Every time Tim tried works extra hours to get ahead, life becomes an overtwotimer. Some kind of monetary crisis will jump up to put him further behind.

Etymology: overtime (time worked beyond one’s scheduled working hours) + two-timer (deceive or be unfaithful to a lover or spouse)

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