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'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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Surreptistash

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Sur - REP - tuh - stash

Sentence: Beatrice didnt want to risk losing the bargain on the shoes so she decided to carefully surreptistash them behind the stack of shirts for the big and tall guys.

Etymology: Surreptitious (sneaky) + Stash (hide)

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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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Purcacher

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: pur/cache/er

Sentence: Her husband had suspended all debit and credit cards and limited her to a weekly allowance because of her outlandish spending sprees. As a result, she was a cash only buyer. Unfortunately, when that money ran out, she turned into a devious purcacher who hide sale items in various places in the store until her weekly allowance came in.

Etymology: purchaser + cache

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COMMENTS:

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-26: 18:51:00

Great word! Wish I'd thought of it. - Mustang, 2007-12-26: 22:08:00

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Hidonistic

Created by: freakystyley

Pronunciation: Hi-Do-Nis-Tick

Sentence: That Shirley is such a hidonistic character when it comes to shopping for jeans.

Etymology: Hide + Hedonistic

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COMMENTS:

Thought it would have been rawhidonistic leather trousers. Good word. - galwaywegian, 2007-12-26: 07:09:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-26: 11:28:00

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Coverupnecesstuff

Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: cove-er-uup-nes-ses-stuf

Sentence: She had to coverupnecesstuff the things she wanted as she didn't have enough money to buy them at the moment.

Etymology: cover up:to hide + nessecary:needed or wanted + stuff:objects

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Hideandgosneak

Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: hiyd and go sneek

Sentence: While shopping, Martha hid the 90% discounted high-end purse in a pile of stale, leftover Christmas candy. With some luck, she'd be able to run home and grab the gift card she forgot. She's a regular hideandgosneaker.

Etymology: hide and go seek, sneak

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