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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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Souldout

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: sold-out

Sentence: no-one was returning his calls, he had nowhere to sleep and his liver was beyond repair...if only he hadn't completely souldout

Etymology: soul, sold out

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Forfeitune

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: for fet tyoon

Sentence: When Billy lost the lovely Miranda to a wealthier man, he soon discovered that old Beatles' forfeitune, "Can't Buy Me Love..."

Etymology: Forfeit (surrender;sacrifice something) & Fortune (money;a large amount of wealth or prosperity)

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Overtwotimer

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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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Hammerdimed

Created by: gabngar

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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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Fiscaronic

Created by: coffeeman885

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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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Sacreficerier

Created by: nicora

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Coinitis

Created by: Madamemojo

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Mammonerd

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: ma.men.urd

Sentence: It was when everyone had turned away and noone returned his calls that he finally realized that he had become a mammonerd

Etymology: from "mammon"- wealth regarded as an evil influence and "nerd" - a pejorative applied to people with an above-average IQ and few gifts at small talk and common social rituals

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Lootboot

Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: loot-boot

Sentence: That high class snoot gave me the lootboot.

Etymology: loot (money) + boot (kicked out)

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