Verboticism: Stowaware
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.
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.
Points: 683
Comments: Stowaware
OZZIEBOB - 2007-12-26: 04:22:00
PS: YES, I am guilty of stowawaring!
galwaywegian - 2007-12-26: 07:07:00
good one!
silveryaspen - 2007-12-27: 19:39:00
Clever! Right on the meaning!