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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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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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Billbusting
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bill/bus/ting
Sentence: All decades of billbusting got him was a solitary life and an empty sac (oops sack)
Etymology: ball busting + bill (as in dollar bill)
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COMMENTS:
Well, at least he emptied his sac... - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 11:36:00
ha ha - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-02: 12:41:00
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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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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)
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
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:
Overtwotimer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ōvərtutaɪmər
Sentence: Every time Tim tried works extra hours to get ahead, life becomes an overtwotimer. Some kind of monetary crisis will jump up to put him further behind.
Etymology: overtime (time worked beyond one’s scheduled working hours) + two-timer (deceive or be unfaithful to a lover or spouse)
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
Patcashic
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: pu-kaz-ick
Sentence: I gave it all up, only to discover that patcashic doesn't pay!
Etymology:
