Verboticisms

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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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kazh-meer'-uh-flahzh/

Sentence: The red cashmere sweater was perfect and the New Year's sale would last until Sunday, but Sue's credit card was already maxed out and payday was still two days away, so she cashmeroflaged it with the summer dresses, where hopefully nobody would find it before she could buy it.

Etymology: cashmere - the fine, downy wool of the Kashmir goat (old spelling of Kashmir) + camouflage - a device or stratagem used for concealment (French, from camoufler, to disguise)

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Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: cove-er-uup-nes-ses-stuf

Sentence: She had to coverupnecesstuff the things she wanted as she didn't have enough money to buy them at the moment.

Etymology: cover up:to hide + nessecary:needed or wanted + stuff:objects

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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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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: hahyd-uh-wey

Sentence: Josh decided to hideaway the last Linkin Park CD with the John Denver CD's so he could come back for it later.

Etymology: Hide: to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret. + Away: from Layaway - a method of purchasing by which the purchaser reserves an article with a down payment and claims it only after paying the full balance.

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Created by: Niktionary

Pronunciation: pree-tayil

Sentence: A master at the art of pretail, I managed to get the last shirt in that store in my size.

Etymology: pre+reatail

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Sur - REP - tuh - stash

Sentence: Beatrice didnt want to risk losing the bargain on the shoes so she decided to carefully surreptistash them behind the stack of shirts for the big and tall guys.

Etymology: Surreptitious (sneaky) + Stash (hide)

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: filch - neek

Sentence: Guess I better fichnik these sneakers before somebody else sees them, so I can buy them when I have the money.

Etymology: filchnik: filch and sneak + filchnik

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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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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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