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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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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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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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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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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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Cashimize

Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation: cah-i-mize

Sentence: He endureded another cashimze

Etymology: cash + victimize

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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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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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Econowhered

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: echo + know + whered

Sentence: She gave up all of her friends for that hihg-paying job that left her econowhered.

Etymology: economics + nowhere

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Cashflicted

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: cash flick ted

Sentence: Cashflicted Chad drifted off to the dark edges of the reunion hall when his material emblems of success were ignored by classmates who viewed him as the same loathesome character they had belittled fifteen years earlier.

Etymology: cash + conflicted

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Fiscaronic

Created by: coffeeman885

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