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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.
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Plastiotronics
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: plas tee O tron icks (the OH/zero in the middle is no mistake)
Sentence: Ever since the government debt became more than could ever be paid, the goverment quit minting money. All payment is now made via plastiotronics.
Etymology: PLASTIC - slang term for any and all credit and debit or welfare payment cards. ELECTRONICS - in this case, electonics limited to keeping track of your credits and debits based on the imaginary money of today's world; the new electronic barter system.
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COMMENTS:
Can you envision a trillion anything? Money is no longer a meaningful paper/coin chase, but meaningful plastiotronics chase! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:38:00
scary times - great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-13: 10:42:00
Very good word for imaginary money. - Mustang, 2009-03-14: 00:35:00
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Plasdeceptikon
Created by: kalex
Pronunciation: Plas-dee-sep-tick-awn
Sentence: Soon enough there will be plasdeceptikons who have never even seen money. With the end of paper money, plasdeceptikons will rule the world! Ah-ha ha ha ha!(sinister laugh)
Etymology: Taken from words of the future
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)
Debtmintor
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: debt-mint-or
Sentence: Charlie had his very own debtmintor growing up. Daddy taught him well!
Etymology: debt + u.s. mint + mentor
Spendshift
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SPEND-shift
Sentence: Virgil's wife, Mabel, loved to tell her friends that he had become a devoted spendshift, having arranged to have both their paychecks deposited directly to their banking accounts, doing all his bill paying on line and making all purchases with credit or debit cards, thereby avoiding any contact with actual cash which he considered to be antiquated and beneath him.
Etymology: Blend of 'spend' (expend funds) and 'shift' (transfer or move to another place), a play on the word spendthrift.
Creddycad
Created by: fossean
Pronunciation: Credd-e-cad
Sentence: 'Who needs money?' thought Bob. 'I can just creddycad the landlord again.'
Etymology: Formed by contraction of credit, and cad (moral bankrupt).
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
Spendshift
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: spend-shift
Sentence: Gabe's wife, Myrtle, loved to tell her friends that he had become a devoted spendshift, having arranged to have both their paychecks deposited directly to their banking accounts, doing all his bill paying on line and making all purchases with credit or debit cards, thereby avoiding any contact with actual cash which he considered to be antiquated and beneath him.
Etymology: Blend of spend and shift, a play on the word spendthrift.
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COMMENTS:
Spendshift and exchange day (slang term frequently used for pay day) go so well together. Superb pun and a terrific create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 09:58:00
Excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-03-14: 22:27:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James