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DEFINITION: v., To believe you're saving money by buying things which are on sale even if you don't really want or need them. n., A person who believes they are saving their money whenever they buy something on sale.
Verboticisms
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Frugatile
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Froo-guh-tul
Sentence: In a frugatile attempt to save money Bart and Clara bought many sale items that they had no real use for.
Etymology: Frugal and futile
Deniacurement
Created by: LotusB
Pronunciation: Dee-nigh-a-cure-ment
Sentence: Tony is a constant victim of deniacurement - he's always buying things he never needs!
Etymology: Denial (refusal to acknowledge) + Procurement (the purchasing of something) = Deniacurement
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COMMENTS:
VERY clever-please expound on your funny sentences. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 07:54:00
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Lunathrift
Created by: comborracha
Pronunciation: loo-na-thrift
Sentence: A lunathrift doesn't understand that you don't literally save money by buying sale priced crap that you don't need. Piles of cheap junk aren't going to pay for your next vacation.
Etymology: lunatic+thrift[y]
Shopamallic
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: shop/a/mawl/ic
Sentence: Gordon could not be stopped. No matter what was going on, he always found the time AND the money to make every sale at the mall. He had closets full of things he swore would come in handy one day, or at the very least, be "back in style." Yes, he was a shopamallic and proud of it!
Etymology: Play on shopaholic.
Asalent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: a sayl ent
Sentence: Ted was a career asalent. He bought things just because they were on for less than regular price. He ended up with tons of stuff he did not need. Ted is also now a hoarder.
Etymology: Assailant (someone who attacks) & A Sale (something costing less than usual;a bargain)
Dealinquency
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: deel link wen see
Sentence: Dealoren's dealinquency was not dealiberate. He dealed dealightfully with any deals dealiberated upon in his dealusional family. His wife, Dealilah had a dealcidedly deafferent view of what was a good deal. She learned early on not to dealagate dealicate deliberations to Dealoren. For her, his dealight in dealuging her with dealiverable deals posed a huge dealemma. Through sheer due dealigence, she dealayed dealciding which expenses to dealete from her budget. If only she could find a spouse who would dealete deals from dealicatessens and deal with dealettantes and other deals in a dealiscious dealivery. Otherwise, she would be called dealvious!
Etymology: Deal ( do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;come to terms or deal successfully with) & Deliquency (a tendency to be negligent and uncaring;nonpayment of a debt when due)
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COMMENTS:
Let's make a dealinquency! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:09:00
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Barloss
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: bahr-los
Sentence: The fifty pound bag of dog food Mary bought on sale was a barloss, considering she had two cats.
Etymology: Bargain: ME bargaynen - an advantageous purchase. + Loss: OE los - at a financial loss.
Twoferninny
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: toō fər nin ē
Sentence: Janene is truly a twoferninny. Say the word sale and her eyes light up. Mention "half off" and she may swoon. It doesn't matter that she doesn't need it, if it is a bargain, consider it bought. Just last week she was practically giddy as she saved a huge bundle of cash on two gallons (a twofer) of kumquat juice.
Etymology: twofer (an item or offer that comprises two items but is sold for the price of one) + ninny (a foolish person)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-15: 11:50:00
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Spendaddiction
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: spen-da-dik-shun
Sentence: While he was in throws of his spendaddiction, Carlos actually believed that by shopping at the Dollar Store he was investing for his future retirement.
Etymology: spend + addiction
Buckschmuck
Created by: kabloozie
Pronunciation: buck-shmuck
Sentence: Bob is such a buckschmuck - he thinks paying more for a supersized meal is such a bargain, when all it does is empty his wallet AND make him a lard ass.
Etymology: Buck: slang for dollar + Schmuck: an idiot or fool
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COMMENTS:
As Frank Moore Colby said: "The more food there is in the worls, the more fools will be feed." Like your word heaps! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-16: 21:56:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by joelb. Thank you joelb! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by joelb. Thank you joelb. ~ James