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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.
Verboticisms
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Buckbilledplatypus
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: buk/bid/plt/i/pus
Sentence: After years of worshiping the almighty dollar he found he had created a buckbilledplatypus that kept chasing him around and biting his ass
Etymology: duck-billed platypus + buck (dollar)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like a platinum credit card. - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 10:42:00
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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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COMMENTS:
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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Lootboot
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: loot-boot
Sentence: That high class snoot gave me the lootboot.
Etymology: loot (money) + boot (kicked out)
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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Masolover
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: maso lover
Sentence: please reject me i´m a masolover
Etymology: mosochist and lover
Lucrotomy
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.
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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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - BMott, 2007-02-02: 11:37:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-02: 12:33:00
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Cashjacked
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: cash-jack-t
Sentence: He knew he'd become cashjacked when his business went belly up, and none of his friends knew his number anymore.
Etymology:
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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