Verboticism: Fauxriche
DEFINITION: v. To sacrifice your health, your family, and even a few friends to money, only to discover that money doesn't like you. n. A sacrifice made for money that goes unrewarded.
Fauxriche
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: fo-reesh
Sentence: Carla was a member of the new fauxriche. She had not been true to her friends in her failed quest for wealth and now found herself alone and poor.
Etymology: faux (false) + riche (rich)
Points: 578
Comments: Fauxriche
wordmeister - 2007-02-02: 10:37:00
All those sacrifces and nothing? I think Carla has it worse than Jim...