Verboticisms

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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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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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: SKAM-wow

Sentence: Having been hammered over and over by a recent infomercial about a wipe cloth, whenever Radcliffe would see ads of any kind for those 'too good to be true' products or services he would involuntarily shout "Scamwow!", oftentimes startling people near him.

Etymology: Blend of 'scam' (con game with phony offers) and the exclamation 'wow',(expressing joy or surprise) a play on Shamwow, a former commercially advertised product.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ed mc man oover

Sentence: Stella got that important-looking envelope in the mail for the first time. You know, the one that says, "You May Already Be A New Homeowner"! Her heart started beating faster as she read the large print. Was it really possible after living in basement suites and studio apartments all her adult life, that she could actually have won a home of her own??? Her head swirled with fantasy with each sentence she read. The possibilities...more than one bedroom and bathroom, a lovely garden, a garage, a patio, loads of room for entertaining and room for a dog or two! In other words, all the things she could never afford working at the convenience store. All she had to do to win the house was order a pre-approved credit card at 36% interest and order a few magazines. She looked through the selection of publications, trying to find one or two that actually might interest her. Popular Mechanics, BodyBuilder, Crochet Today, HangGlider's Weekly, Parenting...gee, not much here to make her want to read them once, never mind a 3 year subscription. She settled for Convenience Store Monthly and Buyer Beware, sent in her entry forms and payment. At first she was excited, but disappointment grew at not hearing anything back for weeks. One early morning, a van, a marching band, champagne, flowers and a TV crew showed up at her door. Stella answered it in hair rollers, shaggy slippers and a distressed housecoat, with a green cosmetic mask stuck on her face. She had won the House!!! She was awestruck, her mask cracked and peeled as she jumped up and down. The house she had won was ironically the one that Ed McMahon had been foreclosed on and now she was the proud owner. This edmcmahoneuever had worked in her favor!

Etymology: Ed McMahon (TV Personality also known as spokesperson ofr Publishers' Clearing House whose tagline "You may already be a winner" has lured millions to sign up for magazine subscriptions and merchandise in order to be entered into their Sweepatakes Draw. In latter years,ironically, Ed has faced bankruptcy, being sued by creditors, suing various people himself and mortgage foreclosures for non-payment). & Maneuver (an action aimed at evading an opponent;a move made to gain a tactical end;a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill)

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COMMENTS:

A Real Prize Package! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-24: 14:45:00

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Created by: kitkat1995

Pronunciation: fake-hoped

Sentence: I have been fakehoped into a credit card last year, now Im stuck in debts.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ab yuz yuree

Sentence: The real reason that there is a world monetary crisis is because of the abusury of banks, lenders, credit companies and insurers. All those "introductory low interest or interest-free" credit cards and lines of credit were the bait used to lure the innocent consumers into financial ruin! They are the credit crystal-meth designed to addict and enslave.

Etymology: Abuse (treat badly;change the inherent purpose or function of something) & Usury (an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest)

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Created by: DnBrown

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: len DAYN jer

Sentence: Aiyo Yu keeps getting calls from PityBank (motto: "We Want to Help You Feel Forever In Our Debt") offering her the "opportunity" to roll her balances on other cards "free of charge" into the card she holds from this particular company. She also gets mailings from the same company inviting her to apply for various-sized loans that would pay off all her debts and give her "just one convenient monthly payment." These lendangering practices are helping a lot - helping PityBank, that is. She doesn't seem to realize that rolling all your outstanding debts into one payment is only helpful if you actually pay down the balance every month, and don't run up new balances. Most of her paycheck is a lendangered species at this point.

Etymology: endanger + lend

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COMMENTS:

An all-too familiar tale, sadly! - Nosila, 2010-09-07: 21:10:00

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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)

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Created by: feltcap

Pronunciation: 'spen-dər'lä-kĕn'

Sentence: Their offer sounded enticing - she was spenderlochen, after agreeing to the terms of the contract she had to accept the loan, but she was still somewhat unsure of what she would have to do to pay back the debt.

Etymology: spender - one who spends prodigally, lochen (german) - to punch holes in OR to entice, also sounds like spender-lock-in

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