Verboticism: Barloss
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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Bargoon
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: bar-GOON
Sentence: Barry, you are such a bargoon when it comes to flybuys. We have enough shampoo to last us 30 years since you've been trying to build up enough loyalty points to get a 'free' toaster worth just $20.
Etymology: bargain + goon
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
Bargaint
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: barg - ain't
Sentence: Sure, you got a good deal. But you're never going to use it. What a bargaint!
Etymology: bargain + ain't
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.
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.
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)
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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Dealflated
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: DEEL-FLAY-ted
Sentence: He dealflated the lady by shoving cheap junk into her arms.
Etymology: deal + deflated
Saleomatic
Created by: taith
Pronunciation:
Sentence: when she goes shopping she's really saleomatic!!!
Etymology: sale+automatic
