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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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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
Kennethlaid
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ken-eth-lade
Sentence: Bob had it all - the house, the yacht, the cars, the girls, but when a once-close friend sued him for breach of contract, he found himself kennethlaid and penniless.
Etymology: Kennth Lay - infamous, corrupt CEO of Enron; laid - have sex with, but not in a good way
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COMMENTS:
Good! It's tough being "the smartest guy in the room", when you're also broke... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 11:01:00
In my personal opinion, he suffered from monerrhea, and should have sought professional help from psychiatrists instead of accountants. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-02: 18:17:00
I don't get it. At all. - BMott, 2007-02-06: 03:04:00
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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
Faustify
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: fowstifi
Sentence: The pursuit of wealth is all I crave. I must faustify.
Etymology: From Christopher Marlowe's creation, Doctor Faustus.
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?
Sacrimoney
Created by: jbricandy
Pronunciation: Sa-cri-money
Sentence: He made sacrimoney. He deceived his friends and still failed to find the money.
Etymology:
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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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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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.
Patcashic
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: pu-kaz-ick
Sentence: I gave it all up, only to discover that patcashic doesn't pay!
Etymology:
