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Failout
Created by: artr2
Pronunciation: feylout
Sentence: Denise was excited to get another "special" credit card offer. How could she turn it down? She was pre-approved. One more piece of plastic, one more failout...
Etymology: fail (to fall short of success) + bailout (an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially)
Fakehoped
Created by: kitkat1995
Pronunciation: fake-hoped
Sentence: I have been fakehoped into a credit card last year, now Im stuck in debts.
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Abusury
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ab yuz yuree
Sentence: The real reason that there is a world monetary crisis is because of the abusury of banks, lenders, credit companies and insurers. All those "introductory low interest or interest-free" credit cards and lines of credit were the bait used to lure the innocent consumers into financial ruin! They are the credit crystal-meth designed to addict and enslave.
Etymology: Abuse (treat badly;change the inherent purpose or function of something) & Usury (an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest)