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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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Poordom

Created by: leeleefmu

Pronunciation: poor -dumb

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Disclamisfaction

Created by: paperhoard

Pronunciation: dis-clamis-faction

Sentence: Even though Jim won the lottery he still suffered from disclamisfaction because money couldn't buy him cleavage. Can also be found in the famous song "I Can't Get No Disclamisfaction" by the Appalachian Mountain Boys.

Etymology: Clams - Slang A dollar: set me back 75 clams PLUS Dissatisfaction - The condition or feeling of being displeased or unsatisfied; discontent.

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Poor Jim. He's always so discomboobulated. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-02: 07:20:00

Jim can't get no! - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 10:35:00

Poor Jim.... - paperhoard, 2007-02-02: 11:11:00

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Coinitis

Created by: Madamemojo

Pronunciation:

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Cashimize

Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation: cah-i-mize

Sentence: He endureded another cashimze

Etymology: cash + victimize

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Pennilynch

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: pen/nE/linch

Sentence: Michael said that he wanted to be the next Donald Trump. His friends said "Why? That sounds stupid...", so he fired them. And he never gave up on his dream. Unfortunately, he never made it either... He just pennilynched himself.

Etymology: penny+ lynch/pinch

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COMMENTS:

Nice one! - BMott, 2007-02-02: 11:37:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-02: 12:33:00

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Mammonerd

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: ma.men.urd

Sentence: It was when everyone had turned away and noone returned his calls that he finally realized that he had become a mammonerd

Etymology: from "mammon"- wealth regarded as an evil influence and "nerd" - a pejorative applied to people with an above-average IQ and few gifts at small talk and common social rituals

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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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Mutualfundimentia

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mU-tual-fun-dE-men-sha

Sentence: Jill suffers from mutualfundimentia after she to sacraficed her all to get David's affection, only to be snubbed.

Etymology: mutual fund/ dementia

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COMMENTS:

plus *fundamental* - nice word! - Alchemist, 2007-02-02: 09:17:00

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Jinglejanglejilted

mrskellyscl

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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Great, now you've stuck 2 songs in my head! - Nosila, 2009-09-03: 01:34:00

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Souldout

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: sold-out

Sentence: no-one was returning his calls, he had nowhere to sleep and his liver was beyond repair...if only he hadn't completely souldout

Etymology: soul, sold out

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