Verboticism: Cashmerouflage

'I'll hide these Alligator Pumps with the Crocs'

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.

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Cashmerouflage

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kazh-meer'-uh-flahzh/

Sentence: The red cashmere sweater was perfect and the New Year's sale would last until Sunday, but Sue's credit card was already maxed out and payday was still two days away, so she cashmeroflaged it with the summer dresses, where hopefully nobody would find it before she could buy it.

Etymology: cashmere - the fine, downy wool of the Kashmir goat (old spelling of Kashmir) + camouflage - a device or stratagem used for concealment (French, from camoufler, to disguise)

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