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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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Jinglejanglejilted

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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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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Masolover

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: maso lover

Sentence: please reject me i´m a masolover

Etymology: mosochist and lover

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Hammerdimed

Created by: gabngar

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Sentence: Dan had a fortune, but ended broke aster he was hammerdimed.

Etymology: Hammertime-From the famous song "Can't touch this" by M.C. Hammer, who had a fortune but lost it all. Dime- a ten cent coin in the U.S.

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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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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

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Dismise

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: diss-myze

Sentence: Miss Ebenezer dismised her father completely, after his last will and testament had been suitably altered in her favour.

Etymology: Dismiss + miser. Has a similar meaning to dismiss - "to dismiss because of the priority of money in one's life".

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COMMENTS:

NB Americans may feel that the spelling should be 'dismize', but I couldn't do that without losing the reference to 'miser'. - Discoveria, 2007-02-02: 04:36:00

Don't worry, Americans aren't miserly with letters... Use as many as you want! - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 11:07:00

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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)

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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.

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Fiscaronic

Created by: coffeeman885

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