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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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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
Profittear
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: prof-i-tār
Sentence: Working to the detriment of one’s home life is the classic sign of a profittear.
Etymology: Profit (gain resulting from use of capital) + tear (to cause pain, bitterness)
Jinglejanglejilted
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: jin-gle-jan-gle-jil-ted
Sentence: The silvery tinkle of coinage in his pocket reminded Jim of his unrequited attraction to Lady Luck. He knew he was always destined to be jinglejanglejilted.
Etymology: Jingle-jangle: thin, tinkling metallic sound such as coinage, tambourines, ("In the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you"-Bob Dylan) or spurs ("I got spurs that jingle-jangle-jingle as I go riding merrily along" -Gene Autry) + jilted: rejected, spurned
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COMMENTS:
Great, now you've stuck 2 songs in my head! - Nosila, 2009-09-03: 01:34:00
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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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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:
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
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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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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Bucksflat
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
Autocashtrate
Created by: dwingillinois
Pronunciation: ah' toh KASH trayt
Sentence: While $1,000,000 was a lot of money, I had to consider if it would be worth it to potentially autocashtrate myself.
Etymology: auto (self) + cash (money) + castrate (ouch!)
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - BMott, 2007-02-02: 11:38:00
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