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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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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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Econwhore

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: That econwhore won't stop hitting on my money... I mean me.

Etymology: Enon: economy, whore: do I really need to explain that?

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Patcashic

Created by: pandafever

Pronunciation: pu-kaz-ick

Sentence: I gave it all up, only to discover that patcashic doesn't pay!

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Mammonogamy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mam mon og ummy

Sentence: having recieved his fifteenth brush off in as many weeks, Bill decided to end his mammonogamous ways and reduce the bulge in his pocket.

Etymology: mammon and monogamy

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Cashtrate

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: cash-trait

Sentence: "Looks like Doug cashtrated himself. He risked everything on that stock and lost."

Etymology: cash + castrate

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Billbusting

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: bill/bus/ting

Sentence: All decades of billbusting got him was a solitary life and an empty sac (oops sack)

Etymology: ball busting + bill (as in dollar bill)

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COMMENTS:

Well, at least he emptied his sac... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 11:36:00

ha ha - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-02: 12:41:00

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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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Faustify

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: fowstifi

Sentence: The pursuit of wealth is all I crave. I must faustify.

Etymology: From Christopher Marlowe's creation, Doctor Faustus.

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Sacrifiscal

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: sak - re - fisk - cal

Sentence: Judd felt like the sacrifiscal lamb being led to slaughter. He had put all of his time and resources into accumulating enough money to keeping up with the Joneses and then the Joneses moved away.

Etymology: sacrificial, fiscal

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Bucksflat

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: buks-flat

Sentence: The enjoyment he derived from each successful investment appeared to be negatively correlated with his increasing wealth. By the time he realised this, his wife had already left, unable to compete with the FTSE 100 for his affections. The vastest magnum of champagne could not disguise the fact he had a serious case of bucksflat.

Etymology: bucks fizz + flat

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