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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.
Verboticisms
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Sleasypay
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: sleez e pay
Sentence: Sal was warned not to put her sleasypay tab on her keychain. Well, sure enough, Sal lost her fourth set of keys along with her sleasy pay tab! She was responsible for any and all purchases made with the sleasy tab even if she reported it left her own hands! (Not to mention her car could be driven by anyone!) The sleasy tab was all too easy! Sal worried her credit and bank cards could be used the same way... but she still wouldn’t give them up! They were so easy!
Etymology: From sleazy (contemptible) and easypay, a form of plastic payment. It means: a disreputable form of payment.
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
Creditz
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: KREH dits
Sentence: Merry Spinder loves to buy everything on credit and has developed an elaborate system of rationalization for this habit. She is such a creditz that she reasons that she is actually making money doing this, because while the credit card company charges 8% interest on what she owes, the money that's sitting in her mutual fund earning interest is supposedly making more than that. Except she forgot that the stock market hasn't been doing too well lately, and, oh yeah, paying $39 late fees isn't helping her "make money" either. This is the same woman who in college thought that if she still had checks in her checkbook, that meant there was still money in the account!
Etymology: credit + ditz
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COMMENTS:
Sadly, she ain't the only creditz around... - Nosila, 2010-09-24: 23:55:00
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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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COMMENTS:
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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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)
Nodough
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nohdoh
Sentence: Chris read a report about the germs and drug residue that is often a part of paper money. At that point he declared his household to be a nodough zone. Now he's read an article about the danger of handling certain types of plastic. He's considering a switch to bartering if he can just verify the bacteria-free nature of chickens and goats. Good luck!
Etymology: no (dissent, denial, or refusal) + dough (money)
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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Dollarepsy
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: daw-ler-epp-see
Sentence: Jim's dollarepsy was so severe that he ignored the $20 bill that he spotted on his neighbour's front lawn.
Etymology: dollar + epsy (as in affected by)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James