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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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Patcashic

Created by: pandafever

Pronunciation: pu-kaz-ick

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

Etymology:

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Overtwotimer

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ōvərtutaɪmər

Sentence: Every time Tim tried works extra hours to get ahead, life becomes an overtwotimer. Some kind of monetary crisis will jump up to put him further behind.

Etymology: overtime (time worked beyond one’s scheduled working hours) + two-timer (deceive or be unfaithful to a lover or spouse)

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Cashtrate

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: kash-strait

Sentence: Wallace cashtrated himself when he started working 80 hours a week -- he found that money was no good without someone to spend it with.

Etymology: Cash + castrate

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COMMENTS:

Good stuff, sounds fitting painful. - Bulletchewer, 2007-02-02: 10:30:00

*fittingly Sorry, 'tis Friday. - Bulletchewer, 2007-02-02: 10:31:00

Viciously excellent - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 10:33:00

made for a man - but I like it too (Irish accent optional) - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-02: 11:27:00

Nice one! - BMott, 2007-02-02: 13:28:00

Best word of the day! Says it all in a quick slicing manner!! Rich and a high voice to join the choir!!! - Stevenson0, 2007-02-02: 15:54:00

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Fiscaronic

Created by: coffeeman885

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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Cashimize

Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation: cah-i-mize

Sentence: He endureded another cashimze

Etymology: cash + victimize

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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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Trifle

Created by: Headcrab

Pronunciation: trile

Sentence: He trifled with oil investments before being killed by a moustached oil baron. |-> "I hope that this coffee shop doesn't become a trifle."

Etymology: Old English: trifle. The Old English' usage of the word was used sarcastically when explaining a short lived venture in the past.

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COMMENTS:

Hopefully this verbotomic isn't a mere trifle. - Headcrab, 2012-06-09: 05:31:00

I hope that this coffee shop doesn't become a trifle - Headcrab, 2012-06-09: 05:33:00

Oops. Delete... - Headcrab, 2012-06-09: 05:33:00

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Fauxriche

petaj

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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Ebinezerscrewed

metrohumanx

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:

metrohumanx More fun and a cool game: http://sodaplay.com/creators/soda/items/constructor - metrohumanx, 2009-09-02: 00:33:00

artr 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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Wadfraud

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: wod/frod

Sentence: A case of wadfraud involving far too many misbegotten miracles he hadn't expected left him with an inability to worship the Almighty Dollar as he had in the past.

Etymology: wad + fraud

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