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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.
Verboticisms
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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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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
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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Coverupnecesstuff
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
Cashmerouflage
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)
Stashtillcash
Created by: jeatyet
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'll stashtillcash this sweater and come back for it later.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Your word grouping is right on the definition. - silveryaspen, 2008-01-04: 12:30:00
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Pretail
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
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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Filchnik
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
Shelfishness
Created by: sharktrager
Pronunciation: SHELF-ish-ness
Sentence: I'm only shelfish at Christmas.
Etymology: From shelf hoarder and selfish so and so
