Verboticism: Increditable

'Why can't I get my allowance in cash?'

DEFINITION: v. To exclusively use credit cards, debit cards and/or electronic banking in order to avoid using, or even touching, old fashioned cash. n. A person who never pays for anything using real money.

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Ecashified

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: eee cash if ide

Sentence: Dorothy had recently become ecashified. If she could not use her computer to pay for it, she did not buy it.

Etymology: e(electronic) and cash and suffix (fied) Also play on word classified

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Good word! more people need to be Ecashified so they do not spend unwisely :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-14: 19:11:00

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Amexclusive

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: am ex kloooooo siv

Sentence: After yesterday's debacls at Metro's Mouthwatering Diner, she decided she couldn't touch anything green for a long time. She went amexclusive.

Etymology: Amex, exclusive

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COMMENTS:

lol! great sentence and word. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 10:00:00

great combo Galway - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-13: 10:43:00

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Debtmintor

Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: debt-mint-or

Sentence: Charlie had his very own debtmintor growing up. Daddy taught him well!

Etymology: debt + u.s. mint + mentor

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Phobuc

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: foh buhk

Sentence: his psychiatrist diagnosed him as phobuc, and set up a direct debit billing system

Etymology: phobic, buck

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Plasticscene

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: plas tik seen

Sentence: When Joey started school, he was familiar with the plasticscene, because his Dad had taught him all about credit cards. Imagine his surprise to find out he was meant to make a model out of it in Art class.

Etymology: Plastic (credit cards) & Scene (happening) & Wordplay on Plasticine (synthetic clay-like material used in schools for making models)

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Plastagogo

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: plast-AGOG-oh! (plastagogian or plastagogite)

Sentence: Little Billy was alarmed at the currenseepage from his piggybank. His eco-rrect teacher gave him a heads-up about the dangers of our vanishing specie, and when his dad told him his chore monies would be direct-deposited into an inaccesible interest-bearing account, he FREAKED! Billy called his dad a NUMISMACRETIN and ran upstairs. Billy's dad believed all paper money was unsanitary, and would soon become extinct. He was all PLASTAGOGGO about his custom-imprintable debit card, and vainly tried to pass his enthusiasm on to his child. But Little Billy was at that rebellious age, and vowed in his heart of hearts NEVER to become a PLASTICOINITE like his poor, misguided father.

Etymology: PLASTic+AGOG+GOGO= PLASTAGOGO.....PLASTIC: made or consisting of a plastic, capable of being deformed continuously and permanently in any direction without rupture, having a quality suggestive of mass-produced plastic goods; Latin plasticus of molding, from Greek plastikos, from plassein to mold, form.....AGOG: full of intense interest or excitement, bewitched by; Middle French en gogues in mirth....GOGO: marked by spirited or aggressive action, relating to or dealing in popular often speculative investment expected to yield high returns;partly from "a-go-go", partly from reduplication of 1 "go" 1965......Specie: money in coin; from in specie, from Latin, in kind.....Numismatic: of or relating to currency; French numismatique, from Latin nomismat-, nomisma coin, from Greek, current coin, from nomizein to use, from nomos custom, law

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Well, it's friday here in Pennsylvania. I've gotta go soak abrush, but I can't wait for the avalanche of verbotomisms to roll in. Vote early, vote often. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-13: 02:01:00

Metrohumanx your new word today makes me want to get up and dance! But I can't right now...but I will soon hopefully... Keep smiling :) "Deb" otherwise known as Cinderfreakinrella - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-13: 02:27:00

Many smiles for your great creates this day! Terrific verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:48:00

cudos on this one metro - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-13: 13:27:00

metrohumanx Thanks, crew! You rock! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-14: 00:28:00

Funny! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-14: 02:22:00

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Cardiocity

Created by: Tanacca

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Cardiologicist

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: car/dio/loj/i/sist

Sentence: Steve knew in his heart and in his mind that credit was the most logical way to do business. He was a cardiologicist.

Etymology: card + logicist + cardiologist

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Super clever sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 10:09:00

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Plastaholic

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Pla-sta-hol-ick

Sentence: Tommy's Dad Howard was so addicted to his charge and debit cards that he never had any cash. Tommy thought back to when he lost his first tooth...he reached under his pillow to only find a thin piece of plastic with a note. (You have 2.76 cents left on this charge card. Love,The Tooth Fairy.) Tommy held it in his little hands and thought is this money? Until he went to school and saw different...all he ever saw was his Dad use a plastic card to get everything they wanted or needed. Oh how Tommy longed to feel REAL CASH in his hands. Things got so bad with his Dad that Tommy wasn't allowed to answer the phone anymore because all these people wanted His Father's plastic back? Hmm he wondered, "what can I do to stop all these calls so my friends can call me?"...He looked in the phone book and found and found a support group for his Dad called ("Plastaholic" Anonymous) and called and had brochures sent to his Dad. Now his Dad is in the 12 step program to overcome his "plastaholic" addiction. Every once in a while his Dad slips up and wants to use plastic but Tommy reminds him he's in treatment for "Plastaholic" tendencies. Tommy is worried when he grows up will he also be a "Plastaholic" since it's in his family history????

Etymology: Plast; Part of the word Plastic. Aholic; Part of the word Alcoholic minus the lco. Alcoholic-Meaning; One who is addicted to alcohol. Plastaholic;One who is addicted to plastic debit and charge cards. Plastaholic Anonymous ;Where you go to fight addictions to charge cards and debit cards you keep maxing out to where it's destroying your life.

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metrohumanx Awwww.... how touching. I remember the tooth fairy. Great story. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-13: 02:04:00

Thank you Metrohumanx :) Keep smiling~ - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-13: 02:41:00

Platiholics Anonymous is a great idea ... even in the real wold! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:44:00

Great word and story, Deb...I'm sure their meetings would be full these days! - Nosila, 2009-03-13: 19:10:00

Thank you everybody! You all are such talented writers :) Very entertaining! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-17: 01:54:00

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Robberdinero

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: rob ber dee ner o

Sentence: Robbie's Dad, Robert, hated touching cash. He thought the bills and coins were full of germs. Robbie and his friends nicknamed him robberdinero, because, to be franc, he had no yen to handle the filthy lucre. "Although you are a sterling character,You know euro-verdrawn at the bank?", his son reminded him. His father replied, "If yuan your allowance, you will have to get a debit card and make your mark on the world of finance." Robbie had a ruble-ation and went to pound on doors to get a job. His father is headed for the Loonie bin.

Etymology: Robber (a thief who steals from someone) & Dinero (informal terms for money) and a play on Robert DeNiro (actor...famous for the line, "Are you talking to me"???)

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karenanne Funny! That must have taken some thought! - karenanne, 2010-09-24: 08:05:00

It's just my two bits' worth... - Nosila, 2010-09-24: 23:57:00

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