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DEFINITION: To sacrifice your health, your family, and even a few friends to money, only to discover that money doesn't like you.
Verboticisms
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Martyrdoughm
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: mahr-ter-doh-m
Sentence: Stan's martyrdoughm not only humiliated his cat, he was left with a sizeable debt from the cat castle he lovingly bought for him. Marbles decided to use the ugly thing as his fur ball depository instead.
Etymology: martyrdom + dough ($)
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COMMENTS:
Clever word. Looks like Stan let the cat out of the bag. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-09: 18:02:00
Marbles couldn't Stan - d it any longer.. - remistram, 2007-08-13: 16:18:00
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Monsacdis
Created by: kellii3
Pronunciation: mon sac dis
Sentence: he gave up every thing only to discover that monsacdis was goin to happen and there was no way out of it .
Etymology: mon - money sac - sacrifice dis - discovery
Suckaflirt
Created by: niko23
Pronunciation: suckah-flirt
Sentence: A dud trying to get the girl hes been waiting to mary in his little fantasy world, sucks at love & dating.
Etymology:
Nicmac
Created by: coolkids58
Pronunciation:
Sentence: why did you nicmac,your so mean you just broke my heart
Etymology:
Cashstration
Created by: elron
Pronunciation: cash-stra-shun
Sentence: Lew had given up everything to win the lottery, but cashstration set in and he ended up homeless.
Etymology: cash + castration
Debtmagnet
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: debt-mag-net
Sentence: Friendless Fred was a debtmagnet despite (or because of) his unwavering quest for riches.
Etymology: chickmagnet + debt
Contemptation
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: con - tem - tation
Sentence: Arnold decided to leave the monastery to pursue a life of contemptation.
Etymology: Contempt + temptation
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COMMENTS:
Great word, I've thought of it, too, a few months ago and as Erin McKean told me in her TechTalk video, that I ought to tell the other inventors about this mysterious mental connection, I googled this page, so greetings from Germany. (I think we also feel contemptation then drinking contemptatious alcoholic stuff, or when smoking, though I don't.) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7548057564471419291 - entryfee, 2007-11-03: 19:35:00
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Billaria
Created by: Paradox
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Well, I liked him until he started suffering from extreme billaria."
Etymology:
Benjamistaken
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: BEN-juh-miss-take-en
Sentence: Eric spent his whole life in pursuit of the almighty buck, thinking it would make him popular with the ladies and respected among his peers, but in the end he was simply benjamistaken and died alone, even though he was buried in the finest casket money could buy.
Etymology: Benjamins ($100 bills) + mistaken
Comments:
OZZIEBOB - 2007-08-09: 18:13:00
Have a friend who turns his "f" sounds into "b"s. So you've got my vote. Good word.
OZZIEBOB - 2007-08-09: 18:14:00
Have a friend who turns his "f" sounds into "b"s. So you've got my vote. Good word.