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DEFINITION: v. To offer pre-approved credit, loans or sweepstake prizes in order to lock the some poor sucker into permanent usury. n. Junk mail, spam or telemarketing offers for pre-approved credit and loans.
Verboticisms
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Failout
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: feylout
Sentence: Denise was excited to get another "special" credit card offer. How could she turn it down? She was pre-approved. One more piece of plastic, one more failout...
Etymology: fail (to fall short of success) + bailout (an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially)
Baitmail
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: bayt mayl
Sentence: Perhaps every money business spends millions on baitmail, because it allows them to reel in big bucks. The minute you bite, they give you the bait and switch. They switch to arisenterest, feemonsters, and so many numerous damnold-trumped-up-charges, you'll think you've been held up ... and measured up as the biggest sucker of all!
Etymology: BAIT, MAIL is a also a form of HATE MAIL. /// Bait - any enticement used to lure or attract. Mail -anything sent thru the postal system. Hate mail - malevolent mail; also mail we strongly dislike getting.
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COMMENTS:
Song of the Day: Mr. Postman, Send Me A Dream! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 01:07:00
I like it. - kateinkorea, 2009-02-24: 07:57:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-24: 09:19:00
Good word...A cute guy might be baitmale, especially if he's under age! - Nosila, 2009-02-24: 22:01:00
Baitmail won't fit in an envelope ... baitmales are found in a totally different baitsite on the endearnot! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-25: 02:37:00
wonderful word, describes the situation exactly. - rombus, 2009-02-25: 15:53:00
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Pawnfree
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Paw-n-fr-ee
Sentence: Now that the credit crunch is well under way many people will be forced to turn to buying on credit from those pawn-free credit offers. This means that you are entitled to free gifts and 0% for the first six months, then when you are completely hooked the rate goes up to 19% therefore having great difficulty keeping up the repayments.
Etymology: Pawn(a person who is used by others for their own purposes) + Free(Something given for nothing. OR IS IT???)
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COMMENTS:
pawnfree, as free as the wind blows - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-24: 09:18:00
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Fiscalwrecktitude
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fiss kal rek tit ewed
Sentence: When the sales director of ostrich holdings offered her a chance at fiscalwrecktitude through a fixed rate extortion on her mentgage, she was confused.
Etymology: fiscal rectitude, wreck
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COMMENTS:
so am I (confused that is) but I love the word - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-24: 09:01:00
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Debtbillitation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: det/bil/i/tay/shun
Sentence: Offering credit cards to students who have just incurred huge loans is debtbillitation and shouldn't be allowed.
Etymology: debt + bill + debilitation (enfeebling)
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COMMENTS:
I think they should make that a real word! - kateinkorea, 2009-02-24: 07:55:00
Terrific! - TJayzz, 2009-02-24: 10:43:00
Owe! Owe! Good One! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 14:41:00
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Mortalgage
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mort/al/age
Sentence: The sales pitch and the rates were good we decided to lock into a 60 year mortalgage.
Etymology: MORTALGAGE - from MORTAL + MORTGAGE or MORTAL + ENGAGE
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COMMENTS:
very clever - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-24: 08:59:00
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Gullibullmarketing
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: gull-a-bull-mark-a-ting
Sentence: Connie's name was apt. She was adept at gullibullmarketing, and made a fortune luring young people into crippling 'debtitude' by scamming them with promises of a rosy credit based future
Etymology: gull (to fool someone) + bull market (optimistic market) + marketing (promoting products or services) + gullible (disposed to believing anything or being suckered)
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COMMENTS:
Bullseye! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 15:10:00
Suitabull word! - Nosila, 2009-02-24: 21:57:00
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Credebt
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: kred + det
Sentence: Lonnie just got a new credebt card. It gives him so much credit at such a high rate that he will never get out of debt.
Etymology: Credit and Debt - Credit (money made available to borrow) and Debt (the state of owing something)
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COMMENTS:
Meaning readily apparent, easy to say, a perfect pun, and sticks in the memory. Absolutely Brilliant! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 14:34:00
That's probably how they spelled it originally...good word - Nosila, 2009-02-24: 21:59:00
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Credituate
Created by: matte76
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A new credituate in the mail always made her think of new shoes. Banks credituate their customers.
Etymology: credit + habituate, similar to barbituate
Blondissue
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: blond issss ew
Sentence: The bank offered a blondissue which, if you didn't read the small print, was to dye for.
Etymology: bond issue, blonde
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by readerwriter. Thank you readerwriter. ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-02-24: 08:20:00
The thanks should go to my hubby who doesn't play, but loves to hear the defs!
Well lets give thanks to your hubby. Sounds like he has lots of good ideas! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by readerwriter. Thank you readerwriter. ~ James