Verboticism: Frugonomical

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.
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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
Sellorburnvictim
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: sell-or-burn-vick-tum
Sentence: Joan couldn't walk by the bargain bin near the entrance of a store without throwing a casual glance its way. Quicker than you can say "everything must go" Joanie would be up to her elbows in retail detritus, finding things that she believed to be real treasure...until she got them home.
Etymology: Sell or burn tables are the last-chance oasis for rejected items. Combined with burn victim.
Saveaholic
Created by: sipsoccer
Pronunciation: (save-ah-holic)
Sentence: Don't buy those, we have no need for them, you're such a saveaholic.
Etymology: save: to keep aholic: addicted
Dealusional
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/loo/shun/al
Sentence: Bart was completely dealusional and continued to stockpile worthless 'bargains'.
Etymology: deal + delusion
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-16: 18:55:00
It's the real deal, Stevo! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-16: 21:41:00
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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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Discountwingebingeosis
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: DISS-cown-TWINGE-binge-OH-sis (discountwingebingeite)
Sentence: Trudy and Dave were struggling to furnish their humble lovenest with modest frugality. Although they wanted to be good consumers, they vowed not to use discount coupons and to eschew non-food items whenever possible. Dave wasn't really the neuroticustomer he used to be in his bachelor days, but his latest trip to the store was economicomical....he succumbed to that dreaded dollar-store affliction known as DISCOUNTWINGEBINGEOSIS. To pass up a percieved "DEAL" gave him a sharp pain in his gut, and a gnawing feeling that he'd passed up a great sale. Trudy, however, was less than ecstatic when he returned home with a gross of 5.5" floppy discs and a cubic yard of ossified Ramen noodle soup mixes.
Etymology: DISCOUNT+tWINGE+BINGE+OSIS=........... DISCOUNTWINGEBINGEOSIS.....DISCOUNT:the amount by which something is reduced in cost.....TWINGE:to feel a sudden sharp local pain;Middle English twengen, from Old English twengan; akin to Old High German zwengen to pinch.....BINGE:to engage in impulsive or excessive action;an unrestrained and often excessive indulgence c: an act of excessive or compulsive consumption .....-OSIS:a condition marked by abnormal behavior in one's buying habits.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Trudy-And-Dave-lyrics-John-Hiatt/B7B89D34B2084FBD48256A96002DFA1F - metrohumanx, 2008-10-15: 05:53:00
It sounds a painful affliction! - Nosila, 2008-10-15: 20:30:00
Not as painful as it was to string those dumb words together, though. Not one of my best, i'm afraid. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 07:55:00
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Fantasale
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: FAN-ta-sale
Sentence: Karen labored under the fantasale that she was being frugal by buying all of the remaining Halloween candy in November and then freezing it for next year. Sadly it never stayed frozen long enough to be handed out.
Etymology: Fantasy + sale
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.
Bargainchump
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: BAHR-guhn-chuhmp
Sentence: Alex and his date went bargainchumping for half-price lawn flamingos; despite the fact that Alex lived in an apartment, he hoped to impress the young lady with his financial prowess.
Etymology: bargain-hunt + chump
Fubargain
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: foo-BAHR-guhn
Sentence: Even though Bob explained to Roxie the term, "Let the buyer beware", she continued to fubargain with imeldacity, believing you couldn't have too many pairs of shoes. And, despite, bargainasty upon bargainasty piling up at home, her shopping philosophy remained the same. "The more you buy, the greater the saving. And hadn't Bob told her that she was protected, in law, by "craveat emptor."
Etymology: Fubargain (vb & n):Fubar(failed to understand beyond all reason - in this context) & bargain. Cognates: Fubargainista
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COMMENTS:
great sentence as usual - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-16: 12:49:00
Nice word! And a very 'careful' etymology, OzzieBob. I found this factoid on wikipedia - "FUBAR may have been influenced by the German word furchtbar, meaning terrible." - Tigger, 2007-11-18: 21:56:00
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