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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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Cashifice

Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Kash - e - fise

Sentence: Lucy made the ultimate cashifice when she chose new earrings over helping out her friend Julie with rent money.

Etymology: Cash - Money, finances, dough fice - from sacrifice

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COMMENTS:

Great! Also sounds a bit like cash-orifice... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 13:25:00

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Idollartry

Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: eye-DOLL-a-TREE

Sentence: Brian succumbed to idollartry at age 8, when he discovered that stealing his sister's tooth-fairy money made him twice as rich....

Etymology: idolatry = worship of a false god + dollar = a common unit of currency

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Cashtrate

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: cash-trait

Sentence: "Looks like Doug cashtrated himself. He risked everything on that stock and lost."

Etymology: cash + castrate

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Econwhore

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: That econwhore won't stop hitting on my money... I mean me.

Etymology: Enon: economy, whore: do I really need to explain that?

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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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Selfcapitate

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: self-kap-i-tayte

Sentence: The supermodel chose to selfcapitate, leaving her with nothing; but at least she was still skinnier than skin itself.

Etymology: From "self", "capital" (money) and "decapitate" (removal of the head).

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Lucrotomy

erasmus

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.

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Sacrifunk

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: sack-ri-funk

Sentence: Bill was in a sacrifunk after giving up everything only to find that he had lost everything by giving it up.

Etymology: sacrifice + funk

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Paininthecash

artr

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\"

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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)

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