Verboticism: Idollartry

'Sorry, but you're not my type'

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.

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Idollartry

Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: eye-DOLL-a-TREE

Sentence: Brian succumbed to idollartry at age 8, when he discovered that stealing his sister's tooth-fairy money made him twice as rich....

Etymology: idolatry = worship of a false god + dollar = a common unit of currency

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