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'I'll hide these Alligator Pumps with the Crocs'

DEFINITION: To find something you really want in a shop, but then, since you cannot buy it immediately, to hide it so that no one else will get it.

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Idoolater

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eye doo lay tor

Sentence: Her idoolatry had become an artform which never failed, apart from that one time, when she secreted the to-die-for lingerie in the the pet gift section at Maaaceys.

Etymology: idolater, do later.

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COMMENTS:

love it - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-26: 11:28:00

Love the sentence and word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-26: 18:52:00

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Hideandgosneak

Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: hiyd and go sneek

Sentence: While shopping, Martha hid the 90% discounted high-end purse in a pile of stale, leftover Christmas candy. With some luck, she'd be able to run home and grab the gift card she forgot. She's a regular hideandgosneaker.

Etymology: hide and go seek, sneak

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Hidonistic

Created by: freakystyley

Pronunciation: Hi-Do-Nis-Tick

Sentence: That Shirley is such a hidonistic character when it comes to shopping for jeans.

Etymology: Hide + Hedonistic

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COMMENTS:

Thought it would have been rawhidonistic leather trousers. Good word. - galwaywegian, 2007-12-26: 07:09:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-26: 11:28:00

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Dresspionage

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dress/pee/on/aj

Sentence: Sally was so desperate to buy the last prom dress in her size that she had to use a little dresspionage and hide it under some pilate's balls until she could come back and purchase it.

Etymology: dress + espionage

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COMMENTS:

Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-26: 18:53:00

haha! hits the mark! - freakystyley, 2007-12-26: 23:32:00

Like the furtive nature of this word and the way it rolls off the tongue. Very nice word. - silveryaspen, 2007-12-27: 19:41:00

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Stowaware

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: stoh-a-wair

Sentence: Bob was the bane of booksellers, carefully stowawaring much-sought-after or rare editions for later purchase.

Etymology: With "stowaway" in mind, based on STOW: to conceal and WARE: goods for sale.

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COMMENTS:

PS: YES, I am guilty of stowawaring! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-26: 04:22:00

good one! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-26: 07:07:00

Clever! Right on the meaning! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-27: 19:39:00

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Purcacher

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pur/cache/er

Sentence: Her husband had suspended all debit and credit cards and limited her to a weekly allowance because of her outlandish spending sprees. As a result, she was a cash only buyer. Unfortunately, when that money ran out, she turned into a devious purcacher who hide sale items in various places in the store until her weekly allowance came in.

Etymology: purchaser + cache

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COMMENTS:

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-26: 18:51:00

Great word! Wish I'd thought of it. - Mustang, 2007-12-26: 22:08:00

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