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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
Denybuy
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: di-nahy-bahy
Sentence: Not only do you feel less guilty by denybuying 4 flat screen tv's - you can also impress your friends & family at the same time.
Etymology: deny + buy
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COMMENTS:
I like it Remi. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-16: 18:58:00
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Spendipity
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: spend + ip + it + ee
Sentence: You didn't SAVE 500 dollars, you SPENT 800. This is total spendipity.
Etymology: serendipity + spend
Bargainloss
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Bar gain loss
Sentence: Amy excelled at bargainloss, and her many friends benefited from her "thriftiness".
Etymology: Bargain (good deal) & loss (act of losing)
Fallashop
Created by: aleximrie
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jane's boyfriend was slowly going mad. Jane's constant fallashopping was really eating into their savings.
Etymology: fallacy + shop
Saleaneous
Created by: MissRabbit
Pronunciation: Sale-ayn-ee-ous
Sentence: Katie was a saleaneous shopper - it didn't matter how unnecessary the item, or how many needed to be purchased to attain a discount, she would buy it with a smile and believe wholeheartedly she was actually saving money.
Etymology: From (on) sale: at a discounted price; and spontaneous: impulsive
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COMMENTS:
It also resembles salacious, if one dabbled in such bargain deals of adult variety. :) - zxvasdf, 2008-10-15: 10:36:00
time to sale-abrate - Nosila, 2008-10-15: 20:27:00
Very worthy word! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 07:49:00
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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.
Spenditaller
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Spend-it-al-er
Sentence: Sam was such a spenditaller that he never had any savings.
Etymology: A play on words ; Spend-It-All-er
Retrohoard
Created by: SpaceCadet
Pronunciation: re-troh-hohrd
Sentence: John was such a retrohoard that he spent all his free time scouring through the stalls at the local flea markets, in the hopes of finding that long lost treasure, what ever it may be. For retrohoarding is less about the immediate goal but the future potential, however elusive; one could say it's the modern day equivalent to the great mythic quests of the past.
Etymology: 1. "retro-": a prefix from Latin retrÅ (adv.), backward, back, behind. 2. "hoard": (noun) a supply or accumulation that is carefully guarded for future use; (verb) to accumulate for future use in a carefully guarded place
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by joelb. Thank you joelb! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by joelb. Thank you joelb. ~ James