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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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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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Pennyfool

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: PEH-knee-fool

Sentence: Lance is such a pennyfool! He drove halfway across the state to save 2 cents a gallon on gas...

Etymology: penny + fool

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COMMENTS:

Hey Alchemist, sounds like my word, only it's nicer... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 11:09:00

such plentiful pennypinching... - Alchemist, 2007-02-02: 13:01:00

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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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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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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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Cashifice

Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Kash - e - fise

Sentence: Lucy made the ultimate cashifice when she chose new earrings over helping out her friend Julie with rent money.

Etymology: Cash - Money, finances, dough fice - from sacrifice

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COMMENTS:

Great! Also sounds a bit like cash-orifice... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 13:25:00

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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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Sacreficerier

Created by: nicora

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Bucksflat

Carla

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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Sacrimoney

Created by: jbricandy

Pronunciation: Sa-cri-money

Sentence: He made sacrimoney. He deceived his friends and still failed to find the money.

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