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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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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
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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Cashimize
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: cah-i-mize
Sentence: He endureded another cashimze
Etymology: cash + victimize
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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Lootboot
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: loot-boot
Sentence: That high class snoot gave me the lootboot.
Etymology: loot (money) + boot (kicked out)
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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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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Sacrimoney
Created by: jbricandy
Pronunciation: Sa-cri-money
Sentence: He made sacrimoney. He deceived his friends and still failed to find the money.
Etymology:
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?
