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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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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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Missedfortunate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: misd-ˈfor-chuh-net
Sentence: Like all his past endeavors Clyde's latest pursuit of a killing in the market fell flat, and he remains broke, friendless and chronically missedfortunate.
Etymology: Blend of missed and fortunate.
Cashtrate
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: cash-trait
Sentence: "Looks like Doug cashtrated himself. He risked everything on that stock and lost."
Etymology: cash + castrate
Ebinezerscrewed
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: EBB-uh-knee-zur-SCREW-d
Sentence: I cast my lot with Madoff- I was a greedy dude. but my investments were consumed... I'm EBINEZERSCREWED! God bless us all- including Tiny Tim.
Etymology: The Dikkens, you say! (Charles Dikkens, the famous DUTCH author)
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COMMENTS:
More fun and a cool game:
http://sodaplay.com/creators/soda/items/constructor - metrohumanx, 2009-09-02: 00:33:00
Nice tie-in. - artr, 2009-09-02: 06:16:00
Hum bug(ger)! - Nosila, 2009-09-02: 12:52:00
hahaha fun word! - mweinmann, 2009-09-03: 08:02:00
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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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Lootboot
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: loot-boot
Sentence: That high class snoot gave me the lootboot.
Etymology: loot (money) + boot (kicked out)
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
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
Paininthecash
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pāninðəkash
Sentence: Buck worked at a job he hated his entire adult life for the promise of a comfortable retirement. Now that he is nearing that time, all the recession has in store for him is a paininthecash.
Etymology: A play off of \"pain in the ass\"
Fauxriche
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: fo-reesh
Sentence: Carla was a member of the new fauxriche. She had not been true to her friends in her failed quest for wealth and now found herself alone and poor.
Etymology: faux (false) + riche (rich)
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COMMENTS:
All those sacrifces and nothing? I think Carla has it worse than Jim... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 10:37:00
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